Epigenome-wide association study of level and change in cognitive abilities from midlife through late life.

Ida K KarlssonMalin EricssonYunzhang WangJuulia JylhäväSara HäggAnna K Dahl AslanChandra A ReynoldsNancy L Pedersen

Published in: Clinical epigenetics (2021)

Leukocyte DNA methylation was associated with level, but not change in cognitive abilities. The associations were substantially attenuated in within-pair analyses, indicating they are influenced in part by genetic factors.

Keyphrases

dna methylation
genome wide
gene expression
copy number