2021
Associations of Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Education With 13 Epigenetic Clocks in a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample: The Health and Retirement Study
Crimmins EM, Thyagarajan B, Levine ME, Weir DR, Faul J. Associations of Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Education With 13 Epigenetic Clocks in a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample: The Health and Retirement Study. The Journals Of Gerontology Series A 2021, 76: 1117-1123. PMID: 33453106, PMCID: PMC8140049, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glab016.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Epigenetic clock analysis of diet, exercise, education, and lifestyle factors
Quach A, Levine ME, Tanaka T, Lu AT, Chen BH, Ferrucci L, Ritz B, Bandinelli S, Neuhouser ML, Beasley JM, Snetselaar L, Wallace RB, Tsao PS, Absher D, Assimes TL, Stewart JD, Li Y, Hou L, Baccarelli AA, Whitsel EA, Horvath S. Epigenetic clock analysis of diet, exercise, education, and lifestyle factors. Aging 2017, 9: 419-437. PMID: 28198702, PMCID: PMC5361673, DOI: 10.18632/aging.101168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntrinsic epigenetic age accelerationExtrinsic epigenetic age accelerationModerate alcohol consumptionMetabolic syndromeLifestyle factorsAlcohol consumptionEpigenetic age accelerationHealth initiativesItalian cohort studyPostmenopausal female participantsFirst-line medicationWomen's Health InitiativeBlood carotenoid levelsType 2 diabetesAge accelerationAge-related functional declineHealth-related outcomesEpigenetic clock analysisFemale participantsIndicator of fruitCause mortalityCohort studyPoultry intakeChronic conditionsFish intake
2016
Education and Psychosocial Functioning Among Older Adults: 4-Year Change in Sense of Control and Hopelessness
Mitchell UA, Ailshire JA, Brown LL, Levine ME, Crimmins EM. Education and Psychosocial Functioning Among Older Adults: 4-Year Change in Sense of Control and Hopelessness. The Journals Of Gerontology Series B 2016, 73: 849-859. PMID: 27013537, PMCID: PMC6283311, DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbw031.Peer-Reviewed Original Research