作者: Lili Xiao , Gaohui Zan , Xiuming Feng , Yu Bao , Sifang Huang
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVPOL.2020.116230
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摘要: Aging is a leading cause of mortality for the elderly and DNA methylation age is reported to be predictive of biological aging. However, few studies have investigated the associations between multiple metals exposure and accelerated aging in the elderly. We performed a pilot study of 288 elderly participants aged 50–115 years and measured genome-wide DNA methylation and 22 blood metals concentrations. Measures of DNA methylation age were estimated using CpGs from Illumina HumanMethylation EPIC BeadChip. Linear mixed …