Validation of a single factor representing the indicators of metabolic syndrome as a continuous measure of metabolic load and its association with health and cognitive function

• Sandra Düzel ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7179-2664

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• Nikolaus Buchmann ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Lipid Clinic at the Interdisciplinary Metabolism Center, Berlin, Germany

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• Johanna Drewelies,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Denis Gerstorf,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Ulman Lindenberger,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany

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• Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Lipid Clinic at the Interdisciplinary Metabolism Center, Berlin, Germany

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• Kristina Norman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Research Group on Geriatrics, Berlin, Germany, German Institute of Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Dept. of Nutrition and Gerontology, Nuthetal, Germany

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• Ilja Demuth

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ilja.demuth@charite.de

  Affiliations Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Lipid Clinic at the Interdisciplinary Metabolism Center, Berlin, Germany, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Medicine (BCRT), Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

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