Acknowledgments

This research was made possible using the data/biospecimens collected by the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Funding for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) is provided by the Government of Canada through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) under grant reference: LSA 9447 and the Canada Foundation for Innovation. This research has been conducted using the CLSA dataset [Maintaining Contact Questionnaire(MCQ)]. The CLSA is led by Drs. Parminder Raina, Christina Wolfson and Susan Kirkland.

The first author also acknowledges the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), [funding reference number PDF - 532555 – 2019]