A plasma protein signature associated with cognitive function in men without severe cognitive impairment.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAll participants provided written informed consent to participate in the study, which was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee at Barwon Health (00/56-E7) and Deakin University (2013-320). All procedures performed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committees and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding The Geelong Osteoporosis Study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australia [Grant Nos. 299831, 628582]. KM was supported by the Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarship (DUPRS). LJW is supported by an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellowship (1174060). VBG is supported by NHMRC (RM34909). The funding bodies had no involvement in the study design, data collection, data analysis and preparation and submission of the manuscript."