Maternal psychosocial risk factors and child gestational epigenetic age in a South African birth cohort study

Maternal psychosocial risk factors and child gestational epigenetic age in a South African birth cohort study

Abstract Accelerated epigenetic aging relative to chronological age has been found to be associated with higher risk of mortality in adults. However, little is known about whether and how in utero exposures might shape child gestational epigenetic age (EA) at birth. We aimed to explore associations...

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Main Authors: Nastassja Koen, Meaghan J. Jones, Raymond T. Nhapi, Marilyn T. Lake, Kirsten A. Donald, Whitney Barnett, Nadia Hoffman, Julia L. MacIsaac, Alexander M. Morin, David T. S. Lin, Michael S. Kobor, Karestan C. Koenen, Heather J. Zar, Dan J. Stein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01434-3

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01434-3

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