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Methylation‐based estimated biological age and cardiovascular disease
12 Dec 2017
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: DNA methylation changes over life at specific sites in the genome, which can be used to estimate "biological age." The aim of this population-based longitudinal cohort study was to investigate the association between estimated biological age and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Based on formulas published by Hannum et al and Horvath et al, "biological age" was calculated...
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