About the Authors

Linda Clare

l.clare@exeter.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health (REACH), School of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, PenCLAHRC, Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom, Centre for Research Excellence in Promoting Cognitive Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Yu-Tzu Wu

Affiliations Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health (REACH), School of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, PenCLAHRC, Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom

Julia C. Teale

Affiliations Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health (REACH), School of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, PenCLAHRC, Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom

Catherine MacLeod

Affiliation Dementia Services Development Centre Wales, School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom

Fiona Matthews

Affiliations Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Carol Brayne

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Bob Woods

Affiliation Dementia Services Development Centre Wales, School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom

CFAS-Wales study team

Membership of the CFAS-Wales study team is listed in the Acknowledgments

Competing Interests

CB is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine and served as guest editor on PLOS Medicine’s Special Issue on Dementia. FM is a paid statistical advisor for PLOS Medicine and serves on the journal's editorial board.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: LC BW FM CB CM YTW JCT. Data curation: FM YTW. Formal analysis: YTW. Funding acquisition: BW CB FM. Investigation: BW CM CB FM LC JCT. Methodology: YTW FM CB BW LC. Project administration: BW CB. Resources: BW. Supervision: BW CB LC. Validation: FM YTW. Visualization: YTW JCT LC. Writing – original draft: LC YTW JCT. Writing – review & editing: LC YTW JCT CM FM CB BW.