Association of DNA Methylation-Based Biological Age with Health Risk Factors and Overall and Cause-Specific Mortality

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 529-538

  Dugué, Pierre Antoine ^a,b   Bassett, Julie K ^a   Joo, Jihoon E ^c   Baglietto, Laura ^a,b,d   Jung, Chol Hee ^c   Wong, Ee Ming ^c   Fiorito, Giovanni ^f   Schmidt, Daniel ^b   Makalic, Enes ^b   Li, Shuai ^b   Moreno Betancur, Margarita ^b,g   Buchanan, Daniel D ^b,c,h   Vineis, Paolo ^f,i   English, Dallas R ^a,b   Hopper, John L ^b   Severi, Gianluca ^a,b,e,f   Southey, Melissa C ^a,b,c   Giles, Graham G ^a,b   Milne, Roger L ^a,b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^f IIGM Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine   (Italy)

^g MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^h ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age acceleration; aging; biological age; cancer; DNA methylation; epigenetic clock; health risk factors; mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING POPULATION; BLOOD; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES; DNA; HEALTH RISK; METHYLATION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA METHYLATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GREEK (PEOPLE); HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; CPG ISLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VICTORIA;

AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 85042930889     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx291     Document Type: Article

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