Mullin, Donncha S. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1679-8067
Stirland, Lucy E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5678-4583
Buchanan, Emily
Convery, Catherine-Anne
Cox, Simon R. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-3642
Deary, Ian J.
Giuntoli, Cinzia
Greer, Holly
Page, Danielle
Robertson, Elizabeth
Shenkin, Susan D. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7375-4776
Szalek, Anna
Taylor, Adele
Weatherdon, Georgina
Wilkinson, Tim http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8952-0982
Russ, Tom C. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-2188
Funding for this research was provided by:
Masonic Charitable Foundation
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Wellcome Trust (221890/Z/20/Z, 221890/Z/20/Z)
Age UK
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Economic and Social Research Council
National Institutes of Health (1RF1AG073593; R01AG054628, 1RF1AG073593; R01AG054628)
Medical Research Council (MR/X003434/1)
Alzheimer Scotland
Article History
Received: 18 November 2022
Accepted: 18 April 2023
First Online: 1 May 2023
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethics permission for the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 protocol was obtained from the Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee for Scotland (Wave 1: MREC/01/0/56), the Lothian Research Ethics Committee (Wave 1: LREC/2003/2/29), and the Scotland A Research Ethics Committee (Waves 2–6: 07/MRE00/58). The research was carried out in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants when data linkage permissions were sought (Wave 2). Where participants reported a diagnosis of dementia, informed consent was obtained from a welfare guardian or nearest relative (<i>N</i> = 2).
: Written informed consent for publication was obtained from all participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.