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Table 3 Association of WMH burden with chronologic age or estimates of DNA methylation age

From: Cerebral white matter hyperintensities on MRI and acceleration of epigenetic aging: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

 

R 2 (%)

P value

R 2 (%)

P value

R 2 (%)

P value

Chronologic agea

8.06

<0.0001

7.71

<0.0001

5.62

<0.0001

Horvath DNA methylation age

4.74

<0.0001

5.00

<0.0001

3.51

<0.0001

Hannum et al. DNA methylation age

7.84

<0.0001

6.86

<0.0001

4.72

<0.0001

  1. Model 1: adjusted for age at brain MRIa and sex. Model 2: adjusted for age at brain MRIa, sex, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, hypertension, diabetes, and current smoking. Model 3: adjusted for covariates in model 2 and white blood cell composition
  2. aModels estimating the association of chronologic age with WMH are not adjusted for age at brain MRI