Associations Between DNA Methylation Age Acceleration, Depressive Symptoms, and Cardiometabolic Traits in African American Mothers From the InterGEN Study.

Nicole Beaulieu PerezAllison A VorderstrasseGary YuGail D'Eramo MelkusFay WrightStephen D GinsbergCindy A CrustoYan V SunJacquelyn Y Taylor

Published in: Epigenetics insights (2022)

Associations between age acceleration and depressive symptoms may be highly nuanced and dependent on study design contexts. Factors other than age acceleration may explain the connection between depressive symptoms and CM traits. AAW with CM traits may be at increased risk of accelerated aging.

Keyphrases

depressive symptoms
african american
genome wide
dna methylation
social support
sleep quality
gene expression
physical activity