About the Authors

Stefanie Frech

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

Stefanie.frech@med.uni-rostock.de

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany

Daniel Kreft

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Institute for Sociology and Demography, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany, Rostock Center for the Study of Demographic Change, Rostock, Germany

Rudolf F. Guthoff

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany

Gabriele Doblhammer

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision

Affiliations Institute for Sociology and Demography, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany, Rostock Center for the Study of Demographic Change, Rostock, Germany, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.