About the Authors
- Andreas E. Stuck
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* E-mail: andreas.stuck@insel.ch
Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- André Moser
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Affiliations Department of Geriatrics, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Ueli Morf
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Affiliation Institute of Primary Care, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Urban Wirz
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Affiliation Institute of Primary Care, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Joseph Wyser
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Affiliation Institute of Primary Care, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Gerhard Gillmann
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Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Stephan Born
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Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Marcel Zwahlen
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Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Steve Iliffe
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Affiliation Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Danielle Harari
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Affiliation Department of Ageing and Health, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom
- Cameron Swift
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Affiliation Clinical Age Research Unit, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
- John C. Beck
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Affiliations University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Langley Research Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Langley Research Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Matthias Egger
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¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.
Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AES JCB. Performed the experiments: AES UM UW JW SB. Analyzed the data: AES AM GG MZ ME. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: AES. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AES AM UM UW JW GG SB MZ SI DH CS JCB ME. Enrolled patients: UM UW JW SB GG. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: AES AM UM UW JW GG SB MZ SI DH CS JCB ME. Designed the intervention: AES SB SI DH CS JCB. Helped with data linkage: AES AM SB MZ ME. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.