Supplementary Material for: Sex Differences in Cognitive Functioning with Aging in the Netherlands

Introduction: Dementia prevalence in older women is higher than that in men. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether there is a female disadvantage in cognitive functioning at adult age and/or whether a female disadvantage develops with age. Methods: Data of 5,135 women and 4,756 men from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) and the Doetinchem Cohort Study (DCS) were used. In the LASA, memory, processing speed, fluid intelligence, and global cognitive function were measured every 3–4 years since 1992 in persons aged 55+ years for up to 23 years. In the DCS, memory,... Mehr ...