About the Authors

Richard M. Dodds

rd@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Holly E. Syddall

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Rachel Cooper

Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, London, United Kingdom

Michaela Benzeval

Affiliation Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

Ian J. Deary

Affiliation Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Elaine M. Dennison

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Geoff Der

Affiliation Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Catharine R. Gale

Affiliations MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Hazel M. Inskip

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Carol Jagger

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, United Kingdom

Thomas B. Kirkwood

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, United Kingdom

Debbie A. Lawlor

Affiliation MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Sian M. Robinson

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

John M. Starr

Affiliation Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Andrew Steptoe

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Kate Tilling

Affiliation MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Diana Kuh

Affiliation MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, London, United Kingdom

Cyrus Cooper

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Avan Aihie Sayer

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RD HES RC DK CC AAS. Analyzed the data: RD. Wrote the paper: RD. Provided data: HES RC MB IJD EMD GD CRG HMI CJ TBK DAL SMR JMS AS KT DK CC AAS. Commented on drafts of the paper and approved the final version: HES RC MB IJD EMD GD CRG HMI CJ TBK DAL SMR JMS AS KT DK CC AAS.