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Acknowledgments

We acknowledge D. Lind for coordination of pilot studies, J. Atilano, S.-W. Chan, E. Lovins, and T.J. Nguyen for technical assistance and the staff of SOF and CHS Coordinating Centers for study support. This work was supported by the Longevity Consortium, http://www.longevityconsortium.org (National Institute on Aging (NIA) 5U19AG023122 to S.R.C. and W.S.B.). The SOF is supported by the NIA (AG05407, AR35582, AG05394, AR35584, AR35583, R01 AG005407, R01 AG027576-22, 2 R01 AG005394-22A1, and 2 R01 AG027574- 22A1). The CHS is supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (N01-HC-85079 through N01-HC-85086, N01- HC-35129, N01 HC-15103, N01 HC-55222, N01-HC-75150, N01-HC-45133, U01 HL080295) with additional contribution from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. A full list of principal CHS investigators and institutions can be found at http://www.chs-nhlbi.org/pi.htm.

Author contributions

Ludmila Pawlikowska: Study design, acquisition of data, inter- pretation of data, preparation of manuscript. Donglei Hu: Analy- sis and interpretation of data, preparation of manuscript. Scott Huntsman: Analysis and interpretation of data. Andrew Sung: Acquisition of data, preparation of manuscript. Catherine Chu: Acquisition of data, preparation of manuscript. Justin Chen: Acquisition of data, preparation of manuscript. Alexander H. Joyner: Interpretation of data, preparation of manuscript. Nicho- las J. Schork: Interpretation of data, preparation of manuscript. Wen-Chi Hsueh: Interpretation of data, preparation of manu- script. Alexander P. Reiner: Interpretation of data, preparation of manuscript. Bruce M. Psaty: Interpretation of data, prepara- tion of manuscript. Gil Atzmon: Interpretation of data, prepara- tion of manuscript. Nir Barzilai: Interpretation of data, preparation of manuscript. Steven R. Cummings: Study design, interpretation of data, preparation of manuscript. Warren S. Browner: Study design, interpretation of data, preparation of manuscript. Pui-Yan Kwok: Interpretation of data, preparation of manuscript. Elad Ziv: Study design, analysis and interpretation of data, preparation of manuscript.

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