Publications

Buchmann, N., Fielitz, J., Spira, D., König, M., Norman, K., Pawelec, G., Goldeck, D., Demuth, I., & Steinhagen-Thiessen, E. (2022). Muscle mass and inflammation in older adults: Impact of the metabolic syndrome. Gerontology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1159/000520096

Buchmann, N., Ittermann, T., Demuth, I., Markus, M. R. P., Völzke, H., Dörr, M., Friedrich, N., Lerch, M. M., Santos, R. D., Schipf, S., & Steinhagen-Thiessen, E. (2022). Lipoprotein(a) and metabolic syndrome: Evidence for an inverse association in a pooled cross-sectional analysis of the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) and the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP-0). Deutsches Aerzteblatt International, 119(15), 270–276. https://doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0153

Drewelies, J., Eibich, P., Düzel, S., Kühn, S., Krekel, C., Goebel, J., Kolbe, J., Demuth, I., Lindenberger, U., Wagner, G. G., & Gerstorf, D. (2022). Location, location, location: The role of objective neighborhood characteristics for perceptions of control. Gerontology, 68, 214–223. https://doi.org/10.1159/000515634

Drewelies, J., Windsor, T. D., Düzel, S., Demuth, I., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., Gerstorf, D., & Ghisletta, P. (2022). Age trajectories of perceptual speed and loneliness: Separating between-person and within-person associations. The Journals of Gerontology: B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77(1), 118–129. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab180

Jawinski, P., Markett, S., Drewelies, J., Düzel, S., Demuth, I., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., Gerstorf, D., Lindenberger, U., Gaser, C., & Kühn, S. (in press). Linking brain age gap to mental and physical health in the Berlin Aging Study II. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.

Kroll, F., Kossow, S. B., Mundt, I., Konrad, A., Pauls, A., Demuth, I., Beier, K. M., & Ziegler, M. (2022). The questionnaire on sexual experience and partnership quality (Q-SEx-PaQ): Concept and first empirical test using data from the Berlin BASE-II cohort. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 37(2), 215–237. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2019.1697804

Lemke, E., Vetter, V. M., Berger, N., Banszerus, V. L., König, M., & Demuth, I. (2022). Cardiovascular health is associated with the epigenetic clock in the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II). Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 201, Article 111616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2021.111616

Löckenhoff, C. E., Drewelies, J., Düzel, S., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Demuth, I., Freund, A. M., Staudinger, U. M., Lindenberger, U., Wagner, G. G., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2022). Sociohistorical change in urban older adults’ perceived speed of time and time pressure. The Journals of Gerontology: B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 77(3), 457–466. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab094

Pohrt, A., Kendel, F., Demuth, I., Drewelies, J., Nauman, T., Behlouli, H., Stadler, G., Pilote, L., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., & Gerstorf, D. (2022). Differentiating sex and gender among older men and women. Psychosomatic Medicine, 84(3), 339–346. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001056

Porat, S., Sibilia, F., Yoon, J., Shi, Y., Dahl, M. J., Werkle-Bergner, M., Düzel, S., Bodammer, N., Lindenberger, U., Kühn, S., & Mather, M. (2022). Age differences in diffusivity in the locus coeruleus and its ascending noradrenergic tract. NeuroImage, 251, Article 119022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119022

Spira, D., Buchmann, N., Dörr, M., Markus, M. R. P., Nauck, M., Schipf, S., Spranger, J., Demuth, I., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Völzke, H., & Ittermann, T. (2022). Association of thyroid function with insulin resistance: Data from two population-based studies. European Thyroid Journal, 11(2), Article e210063. https://doi.org/10.1530/ETJ-21-0063

Toepfer, S., König, M., Spira, D., Drewelies, J., Kreutz, R., Bolbrinker, J., & Demuth, I. (2022). Sex differences in characteristics associated with potentially inappropriate medication use and associations with functional capacity in older participants of the Berlin Aging Study II. Gerontology, 68, 664–672. https://doi.org/10.1159/000518411

Vetter, V. M., Kalies, C. H., Sommerer, Y., Bertram, L., & Demuth, I. (2022). Seven-CpG DNA methylation age determined by single nucleotide primer extension and Illumina’s Infinium MethylationEPIC array provide highly comparable results. Frontiers in Genetics, 12, Article 759357. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.759357

Vetter, V. M., Kalies, C. H., Sommerer, Y., Spira, D., Drewelies, J., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Bertram, L., Gerstorf, D., & Demuth, I. (2022). Relationship between 5 epigenetic clocks, telomere length and functional capacity assessed in older adults: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. The Journals of Gerontology: A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab381

Vetter, V. M., Sommerer, Y., Kalies, C. H., Spira, D., Bertram, L., & Demuth, I. (2022). Vitamin D supplementation is associated with slower epigenetic aging. GeroScience, 44, 1847–1859. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-022-00581-9

von Rennenberg, R., Liman, T., Nolte, C. H., Nave, A. H., Scheitz, J. F., Düzel, S., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Gerstorf, D., Demuth, I., & Endres, M. (2022). High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T and cognitive decline in older adults: Results of the Berlin Aging Study II. Gerontology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1159/000523845

Arni, P., Dragone, D., Goette, L., & Ziebarth, N. R. (2021). Biased health perceptions and risky health behaviors: Theory and evidence. Journal of Health Economics, 76, Article 102425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102425

Bachman, S. L., Dahl, M. J., Werkle-Bergner, M., Düzel, S., Garcia Forlim, C., Lindenberger, U., Kühn, S., & Mather, M. (2021). Locus coeruleus MRI contrast is associated with cortical thickness in older adults. Neurobiology of Aging, 100, 72–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.12.019

Buchmann, N., Eckstein, N., Spira, D., Demuth, I., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., & Norman, K. (2021). Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with metabolic syndrome independent of insulin resistance and obesity in young adults: The Berlin Aging Study II. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, 37(8), Article e3457. https://doi.org/10.1002/dmrr.3457

Demuth, I., Banszerus, V., Drewelies, J., Düzel, S., Seeland, U., Spira, D., Tse, E., Braun, J., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Bertram, L., Thiel, A., Lindenberger, U., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., & Gerstorf, D. (2021). Cohort profile: Follow-up of a Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) subsample as part of the GendAge study. BMJ Open, 11, Article e045576. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045576