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SUBMITTER: Quach A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5361673 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Quach Austin A Levine Morgan E ME Tanaka Toshiko T Lu Ake T AT Chen Brian H BH Ferrucci Luigi L Ritz Beate B Bandinelli Stefania S Neuhouser Marian L ML Beasley Jeannette M JM Snetselaar Linda L Wallace Robert B RB Tsao Philip S PS Absher Devin D Assimes Themistocles L TL Stewart James D JD Li Yun Y Hou Lifang L Baccarelli Andrea A AA Whitsel Eric A EA Horvath Steve S
Aging 20170201 2
Behavioral and lifestyle factors have been shown to relate to a number of health-related outcomes, yet there is a need for studies that examine their relationship to molecular aging rates. Toward this end, we use recent epigenetic biomarkers of age that have previously been shown to predict all-cause mortality, chronic conditions, and age-related functional decline. We analyze cross-sectional data from 4,173 postmenopausal female participants from the Women's Health Initiative, as well as 402 ma ...[more]