Lower morning to evening cortisol ratio is associated with cognitive impairment in men but not women: An analysis of 733 older subjects of the cross-sectional KORA-Age study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 296-306

  Johar, Hamimatunnisa ^a   Emeny, Rebecca T ^a   Bidlingmaier, Martin ^b   Lacruz, Maria Elena ^c   Reincke, Martin ^b   Peters, Annette ^a   Heier, Margit ^a   Ladwig, Karl Heinz ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive function; Cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAKEFULNESS; CHEMISTRY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84920556177     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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