A tool for assessing sex/gender bias in epidemiological studies of occupational health: Pilot testing on studies of sedentary behaviour at the workplace and cardiometabolic health

Michaela Prigge; Janice Hegewald; Kathrin Reichel; Eva Backé; Karla Romero Starke; Andreas Seidler; Ute Latza

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0324391

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A tool for assessing sex/gender bias in epidemiological studies of occupational health: Pilot testing on studies of sedentary behaviour at the workplace and cardiometabolic health

Michaela Prigge ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: prigge.michaela@baua.bund.de

Affiliation Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Unit 3.1 Prevention of Work-related Diseases, Berlin, Germany

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3918-2845

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Janice Hegewald,

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Unit 3.1 Prevention of Work-related Diseases, Berlin, Germany
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Kathrin Reichel,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Unit 3.1 Prevention of Work-related Diseases, Berlin, Germany, Federal Joint Committee (G-BA), Berlin, Germany
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Eva Backé,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Unit 3.1 Prevention of Work-related Diseases, Berlin, Germany
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Karla Romero Starke,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute and Policlinic for Occupational and Social Medicine (IPAS) of the Medical Faculty of the TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6614-2381

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Andreas Seidler,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute and Policlinic for Occupational and Social Medicine (IPAS) of the Medical Faculty of the TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Ute Latza

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), Unit 3.1 Prevention of Work-related Diseases, Berlin, Germany
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A tool for assessing sex/gender bias in epidemiological studies of occupational health: Pilot testing on studies of sedentary behaviour at the workplace and cardiometabolic health

Michaela Prigge,
Janice Hegewald,
Kathrin Reichel,
Eva Backé,
Karla Romero Starke,
Andreas Seidler,
Ute Latza

Published: May 29, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324391

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