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Biological sex

human.biological_sex

status: draft confidence: high reviewer: none (unreviewed)

Citations

ansur_ii_2012nhanes_anthro_2015_2018

Related variables

human.staturehuman.body_masshuman.shoulder.biacromial_breadthhuman.shoulder.bideltoid_breadth

Record fields

id
human.biological_sex
name
Biological sex
definition
Biological sex of the organism, as a conditioning axis for sexually dimorphic morphology.
domain
human
system
whole_body
region
whole_body
type
categorical
entity
UBERON:0000468
quality
PATO:0000047
relation
RO:0000053
categories
  • male
  • female
  • intersex
distributions
  • model
    categorical
    population
    id
    ansur_ii_2012
    name
    US Army (ANSUR II 2012)
    sampling
    military_screened
    sex
    all
    years
    2012
    source
    ansur_ii_2012
    params
    frequencies
    • category
      male
      proportion
      0.5
    • category
      female
      proportion
      0.5
    conditioned_on
    (none)
    notes
    Approx parity at birth; intersex included as a category but population frequency not assigned here (contested estimates).
dependencies
incoming
(none)
outgoing
  • human.stature
  • human.body_mass
  • human.shoulder.biacromial_breadth
  • human.shoulder.bideltoid_breadth
evidence
definition_sources
  • ansur_ii_2012
  • nhanes_anthro_2015_2018
relationship_sources
  • ansur_ii_2012
confidence
high
status
draft
version
0.1.0
reviewer
notes
Categorical conditioning axis (EQ: organism bearing biological-sex quality).