Sex and gender correlates of sexually polymorphic cognition

Table 2 Correlation matrix of sex*gender variables

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. Birth-assigned sex^a	–
2. Testosterone	− 0.504^***	–
3. Estradiol	0.235^***	0.012	–
4. Progesterone	0.333^***	− 0.046	0.463^***	–
5. Gender identity, woman^b	0.597^***	− 0.498^***	0.198^**	0.151^*	–
6. Gender identity, GD^b	0.221^***	− 0.022	0.058	0.124^†	− 0.418^***	–
7. BEM masculine	− 0.097	− 0.010	− 0.188^**	− 0.111^†	− 0.012	− 0.031	–
8. BEM feminine	0.160*	− 0.095	0.186^**	0.055	0.147^*	0.036	0.065	–
9. Sexual orientation^c	0.207^**	− 0.004	0.031	0.045	− 0.146^*	0.409^***	− 0.088	0.053

^†p < 0.10; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
^aSex was added as a dummy-coded variable (0 = "Male", 1 = "Female")
^bFor gender identity, "men" was chosen as reference group and compared to "women" (contrast Gender Identity 1) and "non-binary or a similar identity" (contrast Gender Identity 2)

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