About the Authors
- Michael P. Gardner
-
Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Carmen Martin-Ruiz
-
Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Rachel Cooper
-
Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Rebecca Hardy
-
Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Avan Aihie Sayer
-
Affiliation Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Cyrus Cooper
-
Affiliation Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Ian J. Deary
-
Affiliations Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- John Gallacher
-
Affiliation Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Sarah E. Harris
-
Affiliations Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Medical Genetics Section, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Paul G. Shiels
-
Affiliation Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- John M. Starr
-
Affiliation Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Diana Kuh
-
Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Thomas von Zglinicki
-
Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Yoav Ben-Shlomo
-
* E-mail: Y.Ben-Shlomo@bristol.ac.uk
Affiliation School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Bristol, United Kingdom
- the Halcyon study team
-
¶Membership of the Halcyon Study Team is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MG DK TVZ YBS. Performed the experiments: C-MR TVZ. Analyzed the data: MG RC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: C-MR TVZ. Wrote the paper: MG. Harmonised the physical capability measures and managed the Halcyon database: RC RH. Provided scientific input: PS. Designed and collected data for the Hertfordshire Ageing Study: AAS CC. Designed and collected data for LBC1921: IJD JMS SEH. Designed and collected data for CaPS: JG. Designed and collected data for NSHD: DK. Contributed to and approved the final manuscript: MG C-MR RC RH AAS CC IJD JG SEH PGS JMS DK TVZ YBS.