About the Authors

Osvaldo P. Almeida

osvaldo.almeida@uwa.edu.au

Affiliations School of Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, WA Centre for Health & Ageing, Centre for Medical Research, Perth, Australia, Department of Psychiatry, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia

Graeme J. Hankey

Affiliations School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Department of Neurology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia

Bu B. Yeap

Affiliations School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Department of Endocrinology, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Australia

Jonathan Golledge

Affiliations Queensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease, School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Australia

Paul E. Norman

Affiliation School of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Leon Flicker

Affiliations WA Centre for Health & Ageing, Centre for Medical Research, Perth, Australia, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OPA. Performed the experiments: OPA GJH BBY JG PEN LF. Analyzed the data: OPA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OPA GJH BBY JG PEN LF. Wrote the paper: OPA GJH BBY JG PEN LF.