Table S1.

Correlations between neurosteroid serum levels, cognitive function, and quality of life in older female subjects (>35 years old, N=40)

	DHEA		DHEA-S		Pregnenolone
	r	P-value	r	P-value	r	P-value
Cognitive function (BACS)
Verbal memory	0.02	0.904	0.166	0.307	0.086	0.599
Working memory	0.175	0.281	0.448	0.004a	−0.008	0.959
Motor speed	−0.057	0.726	0.074	0.648	−0.074	0.652
Verbal fluency	−0.248	0.122	0.151	0.352	0.184	0.257
Attention and processing speed	−0.134	0.411	−0.01	0.949	0.172	0.288
Executive function	−0.123	0.451	0.092	0.574	0.344	0.03a
Composite score of the BACS	−0.059	0.719	0.273	0.088	0.219	0.175
Quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF)
Physical health	−0.018	0.914	−0.065	0.691	0.044	0.786
Psychological health	0.1	0.537	0.172	0.289	−0.007	0.967
Social relations	−0.003	0.985	0.032	0.842	0.047	0.774
Environment	−0.022	0.893	−0.112	0.493	−0.157	0.334

Notes: Data are computed using Pearson Correlation.

^aP<0.01.

Abbreviations: BACS, the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia; DHEA, dehydroepiandrosterone; DHEA-S, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate; WHOQOL-BREF, the brief version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life.