About the Authors

Antonio Terracciano

antonio.terracciano@med.fsu.edu

Affiliations National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Jennifer A. Schrack

Affiliation National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Angelina R. Sutin

Affiliations National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Wayne Chan

Affiliation National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Eleanor M. Simonsick

Affiliation National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Luigi Ferrucci

Affiliation National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT JAS ARS WC EMS LF. Performed the experiments: JAS. Analyzed the data: AT JAS ARS. Wrote the paper: AT.