dc.contributor.author
Nauman, Ahmad Tauseef
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Behlouli, Hassan
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Alexander, Nicholas
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Kendel, Friederike
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Drewelies, Johanna
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Mantantzis, Konstantinos
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Berger, Nora
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Wagner, Gert G.
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Gerstorf, Denis
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Demuth, Ilja
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Pilote, Louise
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Regitz-Zagrosek, Vera
dc.date.accessioned
2023-03-17T15:18:13Z
dc.date.available
2023-03-17T15:18:13Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/38449
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-38167
dc.description.abstract
In addition to biological sex, gender, defined as the sociocultural dimension of being a woman or a man, plays a central role in health. However, there are so far few approaches to quantify gender in a retrospective manner in existing study datasets. We therefore aimed to develop a methodology that can be retrospectively applied to assess gender in existing cohorts. We used baseline data from the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II), obtained in 2009-2014 from 1869 participants aged 60 years and older. We identified 13 gender-related variables and used them to construct a gender score by using primary component and logistic regression analyses. Of these, nine variables contributed to a gender score: chronic stress, marital status, risk-taking behaviour, personality attributes: agreeableness, neuroticism, extraversion, loneliness, conscientiousness, and level of education. Females and males differed significantly in the distribution of the gender score, but a significant overlap was also found. Thus, we were able to develop a gender score in a retrospective manner from already collected data that characterized participants in addition to biological sex. This approach will allow researchers to introduce the notion of gender retrospectively into a large number of studies.
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dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Berlin Aging Study II
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dc.subject
Gender score
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dc.subject.ddc
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit
dc.title
Gender score development in the Berlin Aging Study II: a retrospective approach
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
15
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1186/s13293-020-00351-2
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Biology of Sex Differences
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername
Springer Nature
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
12
refubium.affiliation
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
refubium.funding
Springer Nature DEAL
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pmid
33461607
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
2042-6410