2021
The Socioeconomic Gradient in Epigenetic Ageing Clocks: Evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and the Health and Retirement Study
Schmitz LL, Zhao W, Ratliff SM, Goodwin J, Miao J, Lu Q, Guo X, Taylor KD, Ding J, Liu Y, Levine M, Smith JA. The Socioeconomic Gradient in Epigenetic Ageing Clocks: Evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and the Health and Retirement Study. Epigenetics 2021, 17: 589-611. PMID: 34227900, PMCID: PMC9235889, DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2021.1939479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMulti-Ethnic StudySocioeconomic statusSocioeconomic gradientFaster biological agingEpigenetic agingBiological agingRetirement StudyAlcohol consumptionHealth behaviorsSignificant associationDisease riskSES gradientOlder adultsGenetic riskPolygenic riskEpigenetic clocksAtherosclerosisSES measuresAssociationInconsistent resultsRobust associationRiskMultiple tissues
2016
DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death
Chen BH, Marioni RE, Colicino E, Peters MJ, Ward-Caviness CK, Tsai PC, Roetker NS, Just AC, Demerath EW, Guan W, Bressler J, Fornage M, Studenski S, Vandiver AR, Moore AZ, Tanaka T, Kiel DP, Liang L, Vokonas P, Schwartz J, Lunetta KL, Murabito JM, Bandinelli S, Hernandez DG, Melzer D, Nalls M, Pilling LC, Price TR, Singleton AB, Gieger C, Holle R, Kretschmer A, Kronenberg F, Kunze S, Linseisen J, Meisinger C, Rathmann W, Waldenberger M, Visscher PM, Shah S, Wray NR, McRae AF, Franco OH, Hofman A, Uitterlinden AG, Absher D, Assimes T, Levine ME, Lu AT, Tsao PS, Hou L, Manson JE, Carty CL, LaCroix AZ, Reiner AP, Spector TD, Feinberg AP, Levy D, Baccarelli A, van Meurs J, Bell JT, Peters A, Deary IJ, Pankow JS, Ferrucci L, Horvath S. DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death. Aging 2016, 8: 1844-1859. PMID: 27690265, PMCID: PMC5076441, DOI: 10.18632/aging.101020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCause mortalityBlood cell compositionRisk factorsTraditional risk factorsBlood cell countAdditional risk factorsChronological ageEpigenetic ageCell compositionBiological ageEpigenetic age accelerationStudy ACell countEthnic groupsSignificant associationHuman cohortsRobust biomarkersMortalityTotal sample sizeMethylation-based measuresDNA methylation-based measuresEpigenetic age estimatesAgeAge accelerationDifferent cohortsMenopause accelerates biological aging
Levine ME, Lu AT, Chen BH, Hernandez DG, Singleton AB, Ferrucci L, Bandinelli S, Salfati E, Manson JE, Quach A, Kusters CD, Kuh D, Wong A, Teschendorff AE, Widschwendter M, Ritz BR, Absher D, Assimes TL, Horvath S. Menopause accelerates biological aging. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: 9327-9332. PMID: 27457926, PMCID: PMC4995944, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1604558113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpigenetic age accelerationBilateral oophorectomyBuccal epitheliumAge accelerationHealth initiativesMedical Research Council National SurveyMenopausal hormone therapyWomen's Health InitiativeEpigenetic clock analysisHigher epigenetic ageMendelian randomization approachMendelian randomization analysisEpigenetic ageHormone therapyEarly menopauseParkinson's diseaseMenopauseReproductive agingSignificant associationLarger studyBloodRandomization analysisDiseaseAgeEpithelium