About the Authors

Denise Saßenroth

Affiliation Research Infrastructure 'Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)' at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Berlin, Germany

Antje Meyer

Affiliation The Berlin Aging Study II; Research Group on Geriatrics, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Bastian Salewsky

Affiliation The Berlin Aging Study II; Research Group on Geriatrics, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Martin Kroh

Affiliations Research Infrastructure 'Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)' at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Berlin, Germany, Humboldt University (HUB), Berlin, Germany

Kristina Norman

Affiliation The Berlin Aging Study II; Research Group on Geriatrics, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen

Affiliation The Berlin Aging Study II; Research Group on Geriatrics, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Ilja Demuth

ilja.demuth@charite.de

Affiliations The Berlin Aging Study II; Research Group on Geriatrics, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Institute of Medical and Human Genetics, Charité –Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ID DS. Performed the experiments: AM BS. Analyzed the data: DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK EST. Wrote the paper: ID DS KN.