Publications

Gerstorf, D., Ram, N., Drewelies, J., Duezel, S., Eibich, P., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Liebig, S., Goebel, J., Demuth, I., Villringer, A., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., & Ghisletta, P. (2023). Today’s older adults are cognitively fitter than older adults were 20 years ago, but when and how they decline is no different than in the past. Psychological Science, 34(1), 22–34. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221118541

Potter, S., Duezel, S., Demuth, I., Gerstorf, D., & Drewelies, J. (2023). Context matters: Health sensitivity in the daily lives of older adults living through the COVID-19 pandemic. The Journals of Gerontology: B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad006

von Rennenberg, R., Liman, T., Nolte, C. H., Nave, A. H., Scheitz, J. F., Düzel, S., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Gerstorf, D., Steinhagen, Thiessen, E., Demuth, I., & Endres, M. (2023). High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T and cognitive decline in older adults: Results of the Berlin Aging Study II. Gerontology, 69(2), 140–148. https://doi.org/10.1159/000523845

Binnewies, J., Nawijn, L., Brandmaier, A. M., Baaré, W. F. C., Bartrés-Faz, D., Drevon, C. A., Düzel, S., Fjell, A. M., Han, L. K. M., Knights, E., Lindenberger, U., Milaneschi, Y., Mowinckel, A. M., Nyberg, L., Plachti, A., Madsen, K. S., Solé-Padullés, C., Suri, S., Walhovd, K. B., Zsoldos, E., Ebmeier, K. P., & Penninx, B. W. J. H. (2022). Associations of depression and regional brain structure across the adult lifespan: Pooled analyses of six population-based and two clinical cohort studies in the European Lifebrain consortium. NeuroImage: Clinical, 36, Article 103180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103180

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, 68, 989–998. 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., Hueluer, G., Düzel, S., Vetter, V. M., Pawelec, G., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., Lill, C. M., Bertram, L., Gerstorf, D., & Demuth, I. (2022). Using blood test parameters to define biological age among older adults: Association with morbidity and mortality independent of chronological age validated in two separate birth cohorts. GeroScience, 44, 2685–2699. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-022-00662-9

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

Fuentes, L. E. V., Algharably, E. A.-H., Toepfer, S., König, M., Demuth, I., Bertram, L., Kreutz, R., & Bolbrinker, J. (2022). Effect of a common UMOD variant on kidney function, blood pressure, cognitive and physical function in a community-based cohort of older adults. Journal of Human Hypertension, 36, 983–988. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-021-00608-2

Jäger, K., Mensch, J., Grimmig, M. E., Neuner, B., Gorzelniak, K., Türkmen, S., Demuth, I., Hartmann, A., Hartmann, C., Wittig, F., Sporbert, A., Hermann, A., Fuellen, G., Möller, S., & Walter, M. (2022). A conserved long-distance telomeric silencing mechanism suppresses mTOR signaling in aging human fibroblasts. Science Advances, 8(33), Article eabk2814. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk2814

Jawinski, P., Markett, S., Drewelies, J., Düzel, S., Demuth, I., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Wagner, G. G., Gerstorf, D., Lindenberger, U., Gaser, C., & Kühn, S. (2022). Linking brain age gap to mental and physical health in the Berlin Aging Study II. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 14, Article 791222. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2022.791222

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

Sommerer, Y., Dobricic, V., Schilling, M., Ohlei, O., Bartrés-Faz, D., Cattaneo, G., Demuth, I., Düzel, S., Franzenburg, S., Fuß, J., Lindenberger, U., Pascual-Leone, Á., Sabet, S. S., Solé-Padullés, C., Tormos, J. M., Vetter, V. M., Wesse, T., Franke, A., Lill, C. M., & Bertram, L. (2022). Epigenome-wide association study in peripheral tissues highlights DNA methylation profiles associated with episodic memory performance in humans. Biomedicines, 10(11), Article 2798. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10112798

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