About the Authors
- Jinya Niu
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Bio-statistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/ Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Shivani Sahni
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Affiliation Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Susu Liao
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Bio-statistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/ Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Katherine L. Tucker
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Bess Dawson-Hughes
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Affiliation Bone Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston Massachusetts, United States of America
- Xiang Gao
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* E-mail: xxg14@psu.edu
Affiliation Department of Nutritional Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: XG KLT. Performed the experiments: JN KLT XG. Analyzed the data: JN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JN SS BDH KLT XG. Wrote the paper: JN KLT XG. Data interpretation: SS SL BDH KLT XG. Critical revision of the manuscript: SS SL BDH KLT XG.