About the Authors

Annemarie Koster

a.koster@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliations National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Social Medicine, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Paolo Caserotti

Affiliations National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Kushang V. Patel

Affiliation National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Charles E. Matthews

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics Nutritional Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

David Berrigan

Affiliation Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Dane R. Van Domelen

Affiliation National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert J. Brychta

Affiliation National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kong Y. Chen

Affiliation National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Tamara B. Harris

Affiliation National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK PC TBH KVP. Analyzed the data: AK KVP. Wrote the paper: AK. Contributed to writing the manuscript: PC TBH KVP. Interpreted the data and reviewed drafts of the paper: PC TBH KVP CEM DB DRV KYC RJB. Processed the data: RJB.