Epigenetic age acceleration in adolescence: cross-sectional associations with dietary intake and prospective associations with cardiometabolic risk indicators in a Mexico City cohort.

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: To examine the cross-sectional relationship between dietary intake and epigenetic age acceleration, as well as the prospective relationship between epigenetic age acceleration and cardiometabolic parameters measured two years later. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 526 adolescents aged 7-18 years (average age 14.50) residing in Mexico City, dietary intake was assessed using a semi-quantitative food...

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• Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Diet
• Diet, Healthy