About the Authors
- Ruth E. Hubbard
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* E-mail: ruth.hubbard@cdha.nshealth.ca
Affiliation Geriatric Medicine Research Unit, Dalhousie University and Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Canada
- Nader Fallah
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Affiliation Geriatric Medicine Research Unit, Dalhousie University and Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Canada
- Samuel D. Searle
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Affiliation Geriatric Medicine Research Unit, Dalhousie University and Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Canada
- Arnold Mitnitski
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Affiliation Geriatric Medicine Research Unit, Dalhousie University and Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Canada
- Kenneth Rockwood
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Affiliations Geriatric Medicine Research Unit, Dalhousie University and Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Canada, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KR. Analyzed the data: NF SDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ABM. Wrote the paper: REH KR. Verified the analyses and developed procedures for model adjustment: NF ABM. Read and approved the final version of he manuscript: NF SDS ABM KR. Secured funding for the study and these analyses: KR. Senior investigator of CSHA, collected data and supervised local data collection at each wave: KR.