About the Authors

Marjon Stijntjes

Affiliations Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Leiden, The Netherlands

Anton J. M. de Craen

Affiliations Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Leiden, The Netherlands

Diana van Heemst

Affiliations Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Leiden, The Netherlands

Carel G. M. Meskers

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Mark A. van Buchem

Affiliations Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Leiden, The Netherlands, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Rudi G. J. Westendorp

Affiliations Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing, Leiden, The Netherlands

P. Eline Slagboom

Affiliations Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Leiden, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Statistics, Section of Molecular Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Andrea B. Maier

a.maier@vumc.nl

Affiliations Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing, Leiden, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJMC DH RGJW PES ABM. Performed the experiments: MS ABM. Analyzed the data: MS AJMC DH CGMM MAB ABM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CGMM MAB. Wrote the paper: MS AJMC DH CGMM MAB RGJW PES ABM.