About the Authors

Mark S. Pearce

mark.pearce@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Kay D. Mann

Affiliation Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Carmen Martin-Ruiz

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Louise Parker

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Paediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Martin White

Affiliation Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Thomas von Zglinicki

Affiliation Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Jean Adams

Affiliation Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LP MW TVZ JA. Performed the experiments: CMR. Analyzed the data: MSP KDM. Wrote the paper: MSP. Critically reviewed the manuscript and approved the final version: MSP KDM CMR LP MW TVZ JA.