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Genetic scores for predicting longevity in the Croatian oldest-old population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2023
Šetinc Maja, Celinšćak Željka, Bočkor Luka, Ćorić Tanja, Kolarić Branko, Stojanović Marković Anita, Zajc Petranović Matea, Peričić Salihović Marijana, Smolej Narančić Nina, Škarić-Jurić Tatjana
Abstract excerpt
Longevity is a hallmark of successful ageing and a complex trait with a significant genetic component. In this study, 43 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were chosen from the literature and genotyped in a Croatian oldest-old sample (85+ years, sample size (N) = 314), in order to determine whether any of these SNPs have a significant effect on reaching the age thresholds for longevity (90+ years, N = 212)...
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