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Self-control is associated with health-relevant disparities in buccal DNA-methylation measures of biological aging in older adults
- Source :
- Clinical Epigenetics, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2024.
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Abstract
- Abstract Self-control is a personality dimension that is associated with better physical health and a longer lifespan. Here, we examined (1) whether self-control is associated with buccal and saliva DNA-methylation (DNAm) measures of biological aging quantified in children, adolescents, and adults, and (2) whether biological aging measured in buccal DNAm is associated with self-reported health. Following preregistered analyses, we computed two DNAm measures of advanced biological age (principal-component PhenoAge and GrimAge Acceleration) and a DNAm measure of pace of aging (DunedinPACE) in buccal samples from the German Socioeconomic Panel Study (SOEP-G[ene], n = 1058, age range 0–72, M age = 42.65) and saliva samples from the Texas Twin Project (TTP, n = 1327, age range 8–20, M age = 13.50). We found that lower self-control was associated with advanced biological age in older adults (PhenoAge Acceleration β = − .34, [− .51, − .17], p
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18687083
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Clinical Epigenetics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.b487244a0c440585528d47fc2f64ee
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-024-01637-7