About the Authors

Hiroyuki Shimada

shimada@ncgg.go.jp

Affiliation Department of Preventive Gerontology, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan

Hyuma Makizako

Affiliation Department of Preventive Gerontology, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan

Takehiko Doi

Affiliation Department of Preventive Gerontology, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan

Kota Tsutsumimoto

Affiliation Department of Preventive Gerontology, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan

Sangyoon Lee

Affiliation Department of Preventive Gerontology, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan

Takao Suzuki

Affiliations National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan, Department of Gerontology, J.F. Oberlin University Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS. Performed the experiments: HM TD KT SL. Analyzed the data: HS HM TD KT SL TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HM TD KT SL. Wrote the paper: HS. Obtained funding: TS. Study supervision: TS.