About the Authors

May A. Beydoun

baydounm@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation National Institute on Aging, NIA/NIH/IRP, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Alyssa A. Gamaldo

Affiliation National Institute on Aging, NIA/NIH/IRP, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jose A. Canas

Affiliation Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Nemours Children's Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Hind A. Beydoun

Affiliation Graduate program in Public Health, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Mauli T. Shah

Affiliations National Institute on Aging, NIA/NIH/IRP, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jessica M. McNeely

Affiliations National Institute on Aging, NIA/NIH/IRP, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Alan B. Zonderman

Affiliation National Institute on Aging, NIA/NIH/IRP, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAB. Analyzed the data: MAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAB AAG JAC HAB MTS JMM ABZ. Wrote the paper: MAB AAG JAC HAB MTS JMM ABZ. Planned analysis: MAB AAG MTS JMM ABZ. Literature search and review: MAB AAG JAC HAB MTS JMM. Revised the manuscript: MAB AAG JAC HAB MTS JMM ABZ.