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Are objective measures of physical capability related to accelerated epigenetic age? Findings from a British birth cohort

OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to investigate the association of epigenetic age and physical capability in later life. Having a higher epigenetic than chronological age (known as age acceleration (AA)) has been found to be associated with an increased rate of mortality. Similarly, physical capability has b...

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Autores principales: Simpkin, Andrew J, Cooper, Rachel, Howe, Laura D, Relton, Caroline L, Davey Smith, George, Teschendorff, Andrew, Widschwendter, Martin, Wong, Andrew, Kuh, Diana, Hardy, Rebecca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5695310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29092899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016708