Association between sleep disordered breathing and epigenetic age acceleration: Evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Background: Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is a common disorder that results in oxidative stress and inflammation and is associated with multiple age-related health outcomes. Epigenetic age acceleration is a DNA methylation (DNAm)-based marker of fast biological aging. We examined the associations...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyu Li, Roby Joehanes, Ina Hoeschele, Stephen S. Rich, Jerome I. Rotter, Daniel Levy, Yongmei Liu, Susan Redline, Tamar Sofer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396419307698