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library_name: pyaging
tags:
  - pyaging
  - aging-clock
  - biology
  - dna-methylation

lin

Whole-blood 99-CpG multivariate age estimator trained to predict chronological age; age acceleration from the model was secondarily tested for association with all-cause mortality.

Model weights retain the original authors' terms; the pyaging software license does not relicense them.

Predicts chronological age
Species Homo sapiens
Tissue whole blood
Data type DNA methylation
Model type linear regression
Year 2016

Use with pyaging

import pyaging as pya

pya.pred.predict_age(adata, ["lin"])

Browse every clock in the pyaging Clock Catalogue.

Citation

Lin, Q., et al. “DNA methylation levels at individual age-associated CpG sites can be indicative for life expectancy.” Aging 8(2): 394–401 (2016).

https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.100908