About the Authors

May A. Beydoun

baydounm@mail.nih.gov

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

Greg A. Dore

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

‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Graduate program in public health, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Alan B. Zonderman

‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

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. Performed the experiments: MAB. Analyzed the data: MAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAB GAD JAC HAB ABZ. Wrote the paper: MAB GAD JAC HAB; ABZ. Planned analysis: MAB GAD JAC HAB ABZ. Literature search and review: MAB GAD JAC. Revised the manuscript: MAB GAD JAC HAB ABZ.