About the Authors
- Alberto Pilotto
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* E-mail: alberto.pilotto@operapadrepio.it
Affiliations Geriatrics Unit, Azienda ULSS 16 Padova, S. Antonio Hospital, Padova, Italy, Gerontology-Geriatrics Research Laboratory, Institute of Care and Scientific Research “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
- Franco Rengo
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Affiliations Chair of Geriatrics, Federico II University, Napoli, Italy, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Institute of Care and Scientific Research, Benevento, Italy
- Niccolò Marchionni
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Affiliation Geriatric Department, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Daniele Sancarlo
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Affiliation Gerontology-Geriatrics Research Laboratory, Institute of Care and Scientific Research “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
- Andrea Fontana
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Affiliation Unit of Biostatistics, Institute of Care and Scientific Research “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, Foggia, Italy
- Francesco Panza
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Affiliation Gerontology-Geriatrics Research Laboratory, Institute of Care and Scientific Research “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
- Luigi Ferrucci
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Affiliation National Institute on Aging, Longitudinal Studies Section, Harbor Hospital Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- on behalf of the FIRI-SIGG Study Group
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¶Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca sull'Invecchiamento and Gerontology and Geriatrics Italian Society (FIRI-SIGG) study group is provided in
Appendix S1 .
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AP DS FP LF. Performed the experiments: FR NM. Analyzed the data: AF. Wrote the paper: AP DS FP.