Epigenetic age acceleration and mortality risk prediction in US adults

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Abstract Epigenetic clocks have emerged as novel measures of biological aging and potential predictors of mortality. We examined all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality prediction by epigenetic age acceleration (EAA) estimated using different epigenetic clocks. Among 2105 participants to the 1999–2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey aged ≥ 50 years old and followed for mortality through...

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