Epigenetic age acceleration in adolescence associates with BMI, inflammation and risk score for middle age cardiovascular disease

Epigenetic age acceleration in adolescence associates with BMI, inflammation and risk score for middle age cardiovascular disease

BACKGROUND: 'Accelerated ageing', assessed by adult DNA methylation predicts cardiovascular disease (CVD). Adolescent accelerated aging might predict CVD earlier. We investigated whether epigenetic age acceleration (assessed age 17-years) associated with adiposity/CVD-risk measured (ages 1...

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Main Authors: Huang, R., Lillycrop, K., Beilin, L., Godfrey, K., Anderson, D., Mori, T., Rauschert, S., Craig, J., Oddy, W., Ayonrinde, O., Pennell, C., Holbrook, J., Melton, Phillip
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75049

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75049

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