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Combining a case definition employing male sex registry identification and 2 or more dispensations of estrogen or a case definition employing male sex registry identification and at least 1 gender-related diagnostic code demonstrated a sensitivity of 86.6% (95% CI, 79.9%-91.7%), specificity of 62.5% (95% CI, 51.5%-72.6%), PPV of 78.8% (95% CI, 71.6%-85.0%), and NPV of 74.3% (95% CI, 62.8%-83.8%). The final cohort representing transgender men participants who met at least 1 case definition and\/or were part of the standard reference totaled 26\u202f852. 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