DNA methylation age of blood predicts all-cause mortality in later life

Genome Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Marioni, Riccardo E ^a,b   Shah, Sonia ^b   McRae, Allan F ^b   Chen, Brian H ^c,d   Colicino, Elena ^e   Harris, Sarah E ^a   Gibson, Jude ^a   Henders, Anjali K ^f   Redmond, Paul ^a   Cox, Simon R ^a   Pattie, Alison ^a   Corley, Janie ^a   Murphy, Lee ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^f   Montgomery, Grant W ^f   Feinberg, Andrew P ^g   Fallin, M Daniele ^g,h   Multhaup, Michael L ^g   Jaffe, Andrew E ^h,i   Joehanes, Roby ^c,j,k   Schwartz, Joel ^e   Just, Allan C ^e   Lunetta, Kathryn L ^c,l   Murabito, Joanne M ^c,m   Starr, John M ^a   Horvath, Steve ^n,o   Baccarelli, Andrea A ^e   Levy, Daniel ^c,d   Visscher, Peter M ^a,b   Wray, Naomi R ^b   Deary, Ian J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ LIEBER INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^j HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^l BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^m BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA METHYLATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGING; BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84926674860     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0584-6     Document Type: Article

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