About the Authors

Holly Q. Bennett

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

holly.bennett@newcastle.ac.uk

Affiliation Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Andrew Kingston

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Ilianna Lourida

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Louise Robinson

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Lynne Corner

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Carol Brayne

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

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

Fiona E. Matthews

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Carol Jagger

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies Collaboration

Members are listed in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: CB is an Academic Editor on PLOS Medicine’s editorial board. FM is a paid statistical consultant on PLOS Medicine’s statistical board.