About the Authors

Carolien A. Wijsman

c.a.wijsman@lumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Diana van Heemst

Affiliation Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Maarten P. Rozing

Affiliation Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

P. Eline Slagboom

Affiliations Section of Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium of Healthy Aging (NCHA), Leiden, The Netherlands

Marian Beekman

Affiliation Section of Molecular Epidemiology, Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Anton J. M. de Craen

Affiliation Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Andrea B. Maier

Affiliation Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Rudi G. J. Westendorp

Affiliation Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Henk J. Blom

Affiliation Metabolic Unit, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Simon P. Mooijaart

Affiliation Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CW DvH PS RW SM. Performed the experiments: MB AdeC HB. Analyzed the data: CW MR MB AM SM. Wrote the paper: CW SM. Interpretation of the data and intellectual contribution to the manuscript: CW DvH PS RW MB AdeC AM HB SM.