DNA methylation age

Biomarker1 paper1 finding

Associations

Blood cell

mixedin humans1

1 study

Blood cell is associated with DNA methylation age in humans (up to 53% of the variation).
Humansbloodn = 4,058
Blood cell composition explains substantial variation in DNA methylation age · Genome medicine · 2 Oct 2026

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Cell counts explain less variation in age acceleration and only modestly affect its links to mortality and 176 incident health outcomes.

Genome Medicine · Jonkman TH et al.