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- February 1, 2016.
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- Luke C. Pilling1,
- Janice L. Atkins1,
- Kirsty Bowman1,
- Samuel E. Jones2,
- Jessica Tyrrell2,
- Robin N. Beaumont2,
- Katherine S. Ruth2,
- Marcus A. Tuke2,
- Hanieh Yaghootkar2,
- Andrew R. Wood2,
- Rachel M. Freathy2,
- Anna Murray2,
- Michael N. Weedon2,
- Luting Xue3,
- Kathryn Lunetta3,4,
- Joanne M. Murabito4,5,
- Lorna W. Harries6,
- Jean-Marie Robine7,
- Carol Brayne8,
- George A. Kuchel9,
- Luigi Ferrucci10,
- Timothy M. Frayling2 and
- David Melzer1,3
- 1Epidemiology and Public Health Group, University of Exeter Medical School, RILD Level 3, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK.
- 2Genetics of Complex Traits, University of Exeter Medical School, RILD Level 3, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK.
- 3School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
- 4The Framingham Heart Study, 73 Mt. Wayte Ave. Suite #2, Framingham, MA 01702, USA
- 5Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- 6Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, RILD Level 3, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter, UK
- 7Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherché Medicale, Demographie et Santé du Departement de Biostatistiques, Montpellier, France
- 8Cambridge Institute of Public Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- 9Center on Aging, University of Connecticut, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 060305215, USA.
- 10National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, United States.
- Corresponding Author: Professor David Melzer, Epidemiology and Public Health Group, University of Exeter Medical School, RILD building (level 3 research), RD&E Wonford, Barrack Road, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK. E-mail: D.Melzer{at}exeter.ac.uk, Phone: +44 (0) 1392 406751