The frailty index outperforms DNA methylation age and its derivatives as an indicator of biological age

GeroScience

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 83-92

  Kim, Sangkyu ^a   Myers, Leann ^b   Wyckoff, Jennifer ^a   Cherry, Katie E ^c   Jazwinski, S Michal ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Biological age; DNA methylation; Frailty; Mortality

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FRAILTY; FRAILTY INDEX; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 85017238668     PISSN: 25092715     EISSN: 25092723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-017-9960-3     Document Type: Article

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