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Associations of Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic atrophic gastritis with accelerated epigenetic ageing in older adults
12 Sept 2017
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BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection and chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) have shown strong associations with the development of gastric cancer. This study aimed to examine whether both risk factors are associated with accelerated epigenetic ageing, as determined by the 'DNA methylation age', in a population-based study of older adults (n=1477). METHODS: Serological measurements of HP antibodies and...
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