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

S Horvath, M Gurven, ME Levine, BC Trumble… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Background Epigenetic biomarkers of aging (the “epigenetic clock”) have the potential to
address puzzling findings surrounding mortality rates and incidence of cardio-metabolic …

The socioeconomic gradient in epigenetic ageing clocks: evidence from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis and the health and retirement study

LL Schmitz, W Zhao, SM Ratliff, J Goodwin, J Miao… - Epigenetics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Epigenetic clocks have been widely used to predict disease risk in multiple tissues or cells.
Their success as a measure of biological ageing has prompted research on the connection …

Prospective study of epigenetic age acceleration and incidence of cardiovascular disease outcomes in the ARIC study (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities)

NS Roetker, JS Pankow, J Bressler… - Circulation: Genomic …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: DNA methylation-based patterns of biological aging, known as epigenetic age
acceleration, are predictive of all-cause mortality, but little is known about their association …

Cardiovascular health and four epigenetic clocks

YH Lo, WY Lin - Clinical Epigenetics, 2022 - Springer
Background Cardiovascular health (CVH) was defined by the American Heart Association
as an integrative idealness of seven clinical or lifestyle factors. Based on populations of …

Genome-wide association studies identify 137 genetic loci for DNA methylation biomarkers of aging

DL McCartney, JL Min, RC Richmond, AT Lu… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Biological aging estimators derived from DNA methylation data are heritable
and correlate with morbidity and mortality. Consequently, identification of genetic and …

Association of cardiovascular health and epigenetic age acceleration

TD Pottinger, SS Khan, Y Zheng, W Zhang… - Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Background Cardiovascular health (CVH) has been defined by the American Heart
Association (AHA) as the presence of the “Life's Simple 7” ideal lifestyle and clinical factors …

Epigenetic age acceleration reflects long-term cardiovascular health

BT Joyce, T Gao, Y Zheng, J Ma, SJ Hwang… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Epigenetic aging is a novel measure of biological age, reflecting exposures and
disease risks independent of chronological age. It may serve as a useful biomarker of …

Genetic evidence for causal effects of socioeconomic, lifestyle, and cardiometabolic factors on epigenetic-age acceleration

L Kong, C Ye, Y Wang, T Hou, J Zheng… - The Journals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract GrimAge acceleration (GrimAgeAccel) and PhenoAge acceleration
(PhenoAgeAccel) are DNA methylation-based markers of accelerated biological aging …

An epigenome-wide association study of sex-specific chronological ageing

DL McCartney, F Zhang, RF Hillary, Q Zhang… - Genome medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Advanced age is associated with cognitive and physical decline and is a major
risk factor for a multitude of disorders. There is also a gap in life expectancy between males …

[HTML][HTML] An epigenetic biomarker of aging for lifespan and healthspan

ME Levine, AT Lu, A Quach, BH Chen… - Aging (albany …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Identifying reliable biomarkers of aging is a major goal in geroscience. While the first
generation of epigenetic biomarkers of aging were developed using chronological age as a …