About the Authors

Annalisa Davin

a.davin@golgicenci.it

Affiliation ”Golgi Cenci” Foundation, Abbiategrasso, Italy

Maria Cristina Monti

Affiliation Section of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Letizia Polito

Affiliation ”Golgi Cenci” Foundation, Abbiategrasso, Italy

Roberta Vaccaro

Affiliations ”Golgi Cenci” Foundation, Abbiategrasso, Italy, “C. Golgi” Geriatric Institute, Abbiategrasso, Italy

Simona Abbondanza

Affiliation ”Golgi Cenci” Foundation, Abbiategrasso, Italy

Marco Gnesi

Affiliation Section of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Simona Villani

Affiliation Section of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Antonio Guaita

Affiliation ”Golgi Cenci” Foundation, Abbiategrasso, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AD. Performed the experiments: AD LP RV SA. Analyzed the data: MCM SV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG. Wrote the paper: AD MCM. Contributed to the interpretation and the discussion of results: LP RV SA SV AG.