Enum: BiologicalSexEnum

Biological sex assigned at birth based on anatomical and physiological traits.

Required by NIH as a biological variable in research.

Permissible Values

Value	Meaning	Description
MALE	PATO:0000384	Male sex assigned at birth
FEMALE	PATO:0000383	Female sex assigned at birth
INTERSEX	NCIT:C45908	Born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn't fit typical definitions...
UNKNOWN_OR_NOT_REPORTED	NCIT:C17998	Sex not known, not reported, or declined to answer

Slots

Name	Description
biological_sex	Biological sex assigned at birth based on anatomical and physiological traits

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: BiologicalSexEnum
description: 'Biological sex assigned at birth based on anatomical and physiological
  traits.

  Required by NIH as a biological variable in research.'
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  MALE:
    text: MALE
    description: Male sex assigned at birth
    meaning: PATO:0000384
    exact_mappings:
    - NCIT:C20197
    - GSSO:000371
    related_mappings:
    - ExO:0000112
  FEMALE:
    text: FEMALE
    description: Female sex assigned at birth
    meaning: PATO:0000383
    exact_mappings:
    - NCIT:C16576
    - GSSO:000369
    related_mappings:
    - ExO:0000111
  INTERSEX:
    text: INTERSEX
    description: Born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn't fit typical
      definitions of male or female
    meaning: NCIT:C45908
    annotations:
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: 0.018% to 1.7%
      note:
        tag: note
        value: May be assigned male or female at birth
  UNKNOWN_OR_NOT_REPORTED:
    text: UNKNOWN_OR_NOT_REPORTED
    description: Sex not known, not reported, or declined to answer
    meaning: NCIT:C17998
    title: Unknown