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The authors certify that they comply with the ethical guidelines for authorship and publishing of the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie (H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions) grant agreement no. 675003 (PANINI programme) and no. 689238 (PreventIT). We are grateful to Cawthon P. M. and Schaap L. A. for providing information on their studies. The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study is supported by the National Institutes of Health funding. The following institutes provide support: the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap for Medical Research under the following grant numbers: U01 AG027810, U01 AG042124, U01 AG042139, U01 AG042140, U01 AG042143, U01 AG042145, U01 AG042168, U01 AR066160, and UL1 TR000128. The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study, data collection and analysis, interpretation of data, or preparation of the manuscript. The authors certify that they comply with the ethical guidelines for authorship and publishing of the . This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie‐Sklodowska‐Curie (H2020 Marie Sklodowska‐Curie Actions) grant agreement no. 675003 (PANINI programme) and no. 689238 (PreventIT). We are grateful to Cawthon P. M. and Schaap L. A. for providing information on their studies. The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study is supported by the National Institutes of Health funding. The following institutes provide support: the National Institute on Aging (NIA), the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap for Medical Research under the following grant numbers: U01 AG027810, U01 AG042124, U01 AG042139, U01 AG042140, U01 AG042143, U01 AG042145, U01 AG042168, U01 AR066160, and UL1 TR000128. The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study, data collection and analysis, interpretation of data, or preparation of the manuscript. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle