Unlike women, men do not experience an abrupt reduction in endogenous sex hormone production. It has, however, become clear that an age-associated decrease in the levels of (bioactive) sex hormones does occur. Whether endogenous sex hormones have an impact on cardiovascular disease has for many years remained largely unknown, but during the last decade more attention has been drawn to the impor...

We study the correlation of choice under risk in Holt–Laury lotteries for gains and losses with gender, use hormonal contraceptives, menstrual cycle information, salivary testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, cortisol as well digit ratio (2D:4D; length index finger to ring right hand) more than 200 subjects (45% females). In males, testosterone is negatively correlated aversion only. females, ...