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Funding Sources: This research was supported by a faculty development grant (AHC-FRD Grant 09.11) from the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center. Dr. Karaca-Mandic also had support from the National Institute on Aging (Grant 5K01AG036740). Funding was used for data purchase and research assistant support. The funding organization played no role in the conduct of this study.
Ethical approval: The study proposal was submitted to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Minnesota reviewed the study. Because all data were de-identified, the study was exempted from human subjects review (proposal # 0912E75303).
