Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: This is a review of cognitive decline in male ageing.Methods: Literature review and analysis of cognitive data from the Healthy Old People of Edinburgh (born 1905–1919), Lothian Birth Cohort 1921 and Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 studies.Results: Cognitive scores in men increased relative to those of women between childhood and late adulthood, but changes in old age were little affected by sex once other factors, suc...