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Table 1 Animal models used in the studies

From: Tendinopathy: sex bias starts from the preclinical development of tendon treatments. A systematic review

Animals

Nr of studies

Males

Neutered males

Females

Neutered females

Large animals

39

206 (48%)

146 (71%)

222 (52%)

38 (17%)

 Horses

31

124 (60%)

97 (78%)

82 (40%)

0 (0%)

 Dogs

4

78 (58%)

49 (63%)

57 (42%)

38 (67%)

 Sheep

4

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

83 (100%)

0 (0%)

Small animals

111

4364 (73%)

0 (0%)

1651 (27%)

0 (0%)

 Rabbits

27

391 (77%)

0 (0%)

116 (23%)

0 (0%)

 Rats

79

3285 (70%)

0 (0%)

1395 (30%)

0 (0%)

 Mice

5

688 (83%)

0 (0%)

140 (17%)

0 (0%)

  1. Number of enrolled animals and, in brackets, the corresponding percentages. Animals included in the studies that did not specify the sex were not reported