«If you use standard measurements, you're going to miss
the sex differences we observed,» Gropler said.
Not exact matches
In addition, while our data suggest that sleep loss impairs working memory in a
sex - dependent manner, this does not mean that the
sex -
differences we
observed can be generalised to other mental or physical measures of how we are affected by sleep loss,» says Frida Rångtell, PhD student at the Department of Neuroscience and lead author of the study.
By
observing groups of flour beetles in the laboratory, Melbourne and Alan Hastings, a mathematical ecologist at the University of California, Davis, demonstrated that random variations in
sex ratios and physical
differences, such as body size, greatly contribute to the overall threat of extinction.
The
sex - specificity of the
observed differences points to a potential hormonal mediator.
No
differences due to
sex were
observed in any experiments.
Generally, large
sex - ratio
differences across countries are
observed.
Glucocorticosteroids play an important role in adipogenesis, lipolysis in fatty tissue, and hepatic insulin resistance, potential
sex differences regarding basal or stress - induced HPA axis activity have been
observed (243).
In another trial, the insulin sensitizing effect of true alternate - day fasting was
observed through reduced insulin response to a standardized meal in men, but not women — suggesting a potential
sex difference in the effect of alternate - day fasting on glucose metabolism (66).
Sex differences were also
observed in another study where healthy men and women were fasted on alternate days.
To elucidate the association further, especially regarding
observed sex differences our study should be replicated in representative prospective cohorts.
Substantial
sex differences, as well as
differences between individuals have been
observed in respect of the overall size of the gluteus maximus.
However, a few characteristic
differences can be
observed in kittens as young as five weeks old — genital spacing, coat color, and behavior — indicating their
sex.
The main
differences observed between the groups occurred in the comparison of secondary
sex characteristics.
Although longevity did not differ between males and females, marked
sex differences in disorder prevalence were
observed, with males were more likely than females to be diagnosed 8 of the 26 most common fine - level precision disorders, and 6 of the 15 most common grouped - level precision disorders.
Among other findings, they
observed interesting
sex differences.
Some of these findings have been replicated across dozens of samples in very large international studies, in representative samples of entire national populations, and in large scale meta - analyses, such as the robust
sex differences reliably -
observed in studies of extramarital sexual behavior and permissive attitudes toward casual
sex (Lippa, 2009; Petersen & Hyde, 2010).
However,
differences by
sex and age were
observed for several variables.