Novel age-associated DNA methylation changes and epigenetic age acceleration in middle-aged African Americans and whites.

Salman M TajuddinDena G HernandezBrian H ChenNicole Noren HootenNicolle A ModeMike A NallsAndrew B SingletonNgozi EjioguKumaraswamy Naidu ChitralaAlan B ZondermanMichele Kim Evans

Published in: Clinical epigenetics (2019)

AAs have more wide-spread methylation changes than whites. Race and sex interact to underlie biological age acceleration suggesting altered DNA methylation patterns may be important in age-associated health disparities.

Keyphrases

dna methylation
genome wide
gene expression
middle aged
healthcare
public health
mental health
risk assessment
health information
climate change
social media