Vascular risk factors and progression of white matter hyperintensities in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936.

"Disclosure statement Joanna M. Wardlaw reports money (grants) paid to The University of Edinburgh from Medical Research Council, Age UK, and Scottish Funding Council for her efforts on the LBC1936 study. Ian J. Deary reports money (grants) paid to The University of Edinburgh from Medical Research Council and Age UK for his efforts on the LBC1936 study. Ian J. Deary reports money paid to him for board membership on Medical Research Council. All other authors have no disclosures."

"The authors thank the funders, participants, research centers, clinical, and administrative staff who contributed to the LBC1936 study (detailed fully at http://www.lothianbirthcohort.ed.ac.uk/). The authors thank Dr Francesca Chappell, senior medical statistician in the Brain Research Imaging Centre at The University of Edinburgh, for useful discussions and guidance on the statistical methods used. This work was funded by a Research into Ageing program grant (Ian J. Deary and John M. Starr) and the Age UK-funded Disconnected Mind project (Ian J. Deary, John M. Starr, and Joanna M. Wardlaw), with additional funding from the UK Medical Research Council (MR/M013111/1 and MR/K026992/1) (Ian J. Deary, John M. Starr, Joanna M. Wardlaw, and Mark E. Bastin); Scottish Funding Council through SINAPSE (Joanna M. Wardlaw). Joanna M. Wardlaw reports money (grants) paid to The University of Edinburgh from Medical Research Council, Age UK, and Scottish Funding Council for her efforts on the LBC1936 study. Ian J. Deary reports money (grants) paid to The University of Edinburgh from Medical Research Council and Age UK for his efforts on the LBC1936 study. Ian J. Deary reports money paid to him for board membership on Medical Research Council. All other authors have no disclosures."