Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between testosterone and cognitive performance in older people: results of the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II)
Our findings suggest sex-specific associations between testosterone levels and cognitive function in older adults. Higher testosterone levels were predominantly associated with better DSST performance in men, but with poorer visuo-construction and verbal fluency in women.
Authors
- Hannah Schmid
- Dominik Spira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8913-1645)
- Valentin Max Vetter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5003-7766)
- Johanna Drewelies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3774-2169)
- Vera Regitz-Zagrosek
- Vivien Bahr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9545-3376)
- Ilja Demuth
- Sandra Düzel
- Denis Gerstorf
- Knut Mai
Institutions
- Cal Poly Humboldt (US)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Max Planck Institute for Human Development (DE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- German Institute of Human Nutrition (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journals of Gerontology Series A
- Published
- 2025-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaf286
- Primary Topic
- Hormonal and reproductive studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00