About the Authors

Ju-Sheng Zheng

Affiliations Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Donna K. Arnett

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Laurence D. Parnell

Affiliation Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yu-Chi Lee

Affiliation Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yiyi Ma

Affiliation Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Caren E. Smith

Affiliation Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kris Richardson

Affiliation Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Duo Li

chaoqiang.lai@ars.usda.gov (CQL); duoli@zju.edu.cn (DL)

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Ingrid B. Borecki

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Katherine L. Tucker

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

José M. Ordovás

Affiliation Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chao-Qiang Lai

chaoqiang.lai@ars.usda.gov (CQL); duoli@zju.edu.cn (DL)

Affiliation Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CQL JMO DKA IBB KLT. Analyzed the data: JSZ CQL. Wrote the paper: JSZ CQL DL. Manuscript editing: YCL YM CES LDP KR.