About the Authors

Kim M. Huffman

huffm007@mc.duke.edu

Affiliations Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Leanne M. Redman

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Lawrence R. Landerman

Affiliation Center for Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Carl F. Pieper

Affiliation Center for Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Robert D. Stevens

Affiliation Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center and Departments of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Michael J. Muehlbauer

Affiliation Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center and Departments of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Brett R. Wenner

Affiliation Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center and Departments of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

James R. Bain

Affiliation Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center and Departments of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Virginia B. Kraus

Affiliations Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher B. Newgard

Affiliation Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center and Departments of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Eric Ravussin

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

William E. Kraus

Affiliations Center for Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center and Departments of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ER LMR WEK CBN VBK CFP. Performed the experiments: RDS MJM BRW JRB. Analyzed the data: KMH LRL CFP VBK WEK. Wrote the paper: KMH LMR LRL CFP RDS MJM BRW JRB VBK CBN ER WEK.