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First Online: 11 March 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Table InternalRef removed data are from a previous publication in <i>Neurology</i> [CitationRef removed]. The Nun Study (NS) was reviewed and approved by Universities of Kentucky and Minnesota institutional review boards (IRBs). Participating School Sisters of Notre Dame had agreed to autopsy prior to death, with final authorizations provided by the Provincial Leader. The Honolulu Asia Aging Study (HAAS) was reviewed and approved by the Kuakini Hospital IRB. A consent form was signed by participants at every cycle (12 from 1965 to 2012), including consent for use of information and materials for research purposes by researchers and their colleagues, including NIH- associated, with no ending of this permission. HAAS autopsy acquisition procedure required notification of a participant’s death by family member, hospital, medical examiner’s office, or other source, with permission for autopsy and research use of information provided by next of kin.

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: SE serves on clinical trial Data Safety and Monitoring Boards for Eli Lilly and Suven Life Sciences. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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