An epigenetic clock analysis of race/ethnicity, sex, and coronary heart disease

Genome Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Horvath, Steve ^a,b   Gurven, Michael ^c   Levine, Morgan E ^a   Trumble, Benjamin C ^c   Kaplan, Hillard ^d   Allayee, Hooman ^e   Ritz, Beate R ^b   Chen, Brian ^f   Lu, Ake T ^a   Rickabaugh, Tammy M ^g   Jamieson, Beth D ^g   Sun, Dianjianyi ^h   Li, Shengxu ^h   Chen, Wei ^h   Quintana Murci, Lluis ⁱ   Fagny, Maud ^j   Kobor, Michael S ^k   Tsao, Philip S ^l,m   Reiner, Alexander P ⁿ   Edlefsen, Kerstin L ⁿ   Absher, Devin ^o   Assimes, Themistocles L ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CNRS   (France)

^j HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^l STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^o HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Aging; Black white mortality cross over; Coronary heart disease; DNA methylation; Epigenetic clock; Gender; Hispanic paradox; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN TISSUE; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CAUCASIAN; EPIGENETIC CLOCK ANALYSIS; EPIGENETICS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TSIMANE AMERINDIAN; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY DISEASE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84981165311     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-1030-0     Document Type: Article

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