Epigenetic clock analysis of diet, exercise, education, and lifestyle factors

Aging

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 419-446

  Quach, Austin ^a   Levine, Morgan E ^a   Tanaka, Toshiko ^b   Lu, Ake T ^a   Chen, Brian H ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Ritz, Beate ^a,c   Bandinelli, Stefania ^d   Neuhouser, Marian L ^e   Beasley, Jeannette M ^f   Snetselaar, Linda ^g   Wallace, Robert B ^g   Tsao, Philip S ^h,i   Absher, Devin ^j   Assimes, Themistocles L ^h   Stewart, James D ^k   Li, Yun ^k,l   Hou, Lifang ^m   Baccarelli, Andrea A ⁿ   Whitsel, Eric A ^k,l   Horvath, Steve ^a,c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^j HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ Department of Medicine   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Aging; Alcohol intake; Diet; DNA methylation; Epigenetic clock; Fish intake; Lifestyle

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 85014426881     PISSN: 19454589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/aging.101168     Document Type: Article

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