Article
Genetic links between multimorbidity and human aging.
GeroScience - 1 Oct 2026
Dinh Phuong-Anh, Han HyeRim, Kim Seungsoo, Guo Qinghua, Zhang Zhengdong D, Vijg Jan, Suh Yousin
Abstract excerpt
The growing epidemiological burden of multimorbidity among older adults underscores an urgent need to develop interventions that can address multiple age-related diseases (ARDs) at once. Yet, the biological mechanisms driving their co-occurrence remain poorly understood. In this study, we conducted a multivariate genome-wide association analysis to dissect the shared genetic architecture of five common ARDs:...
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- Humans
- Multimorbidity
- Aging
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Aged
- Female
- Male
