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ReviewFuture microbiology2025

Sex and gender in rhinosinusitis: a review.

C S Thornton, L Radu, N Boechler, J Clark, R Somayaji

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Review in Future microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Biological Sex and Chronic Rhinosinusitis Diagnosis and Biomarkers.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2026
    Article
  2. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

C S ThorntonCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
L RaduCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
N BoechlerCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
J ClarkCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
R SomayajiCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rhinosinusitis is a highly prevalent, inflammatory condition affecting the nose and paranasal sinuses, impacting an individual's quality of life with significant health care burden. Sinusitis is more frequent in females, and they typically present with more severe symptoms and worse quality of life scores. Males are more likely to present with nasal polyps and have higher objective scores on imaging studies. Differences in sinus microbiota by sex may play a role in understanding differences in clinical presentations between them, but additional research is required. An improved understanding of sex and gender-based differences in pathophysiology and clinical presentations will help to decrease inequities in accessing healthcare and optimizing long-term personalized patient outcomes.

Indexed as

RhinitisSinusitisFemaleHumansMaleMicrobiotaNasal PolypsParanasal SinusesQuality of LifeRhinosinusitisSex Factorsepidemiologygenderhealth inequitymicrobiomeRhinosinusitissex

Identifiers

PMID39673394
PMCPMC11812366

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