Additional material: Additional file 1 - Candidate Gene List for FHS K Longevity and Aging Traits. Click here for file [http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/supplementary/-/-/-S/-S/-S/doc]. 

Acknowledgements: NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study is supported by contract number N01-HC-25195. This work was also supported in part by R01 AR/AG 41398 and AG028321. We thank the FHS participants for their ongoing participation and dedication to the study making this work possible. 

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