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Table 1 Detailed sample characteristics

From: Connections between cross-tissue and intra-tissue biomarkers of aging biology in older adults

Characteristic

Summary (unweighted)

N

2406

Chronological age (years), median (IQR)a

66 (59, 72)

Female, %

1449 (60)

Time difference, median (IQR)b

8 (8, 8.3)

Race

 African American, N (%)

270 (11)

Self-reported health

 Excellent

350 (15)

 Very good

815 (34)

 Good

732 (31)

 Fair

359 (15)

 Poor

98 (4)

Biomarkersc

Saliva based

Telomere length, median (IQR)

1.30 (1.14, 1.50)

Blood-based physiological measure

Phenotypic age, median (IQR)

74.41 (65.6, 83.55)

Blood-based DNA methylation measuresd

Chronological age (years), median (IQR)e

74 (67, 80)

Horvath, median (IQR)

69.00 (63.00, 75.00)

Hannum, median (IQR)

57.80 (52.06, 63.55)

Levine, median (IQR)

60.70 (54.41, 66.84)

Skin & blood, median (IQR)

73.54 (67.70, 78.25)

Lin, median (IQR)

61.61 (55.09, 68.85)

Weidner, median (IQR)

67.43 (60.90, 76.82)

VidalBralo, median (IQR)

65.15 (61.67, 69.00)

GrimAge, median (IQR)

71.30 (65.64, 77.25)

  1. aChronological age at time of telomere assessment. bTime difference represents time years between saliva and blood draw. cBiological aging measures are scaled per 1-year change; dn = 1, 029 had complete data on salivary telomere length, physiology based, and DNA methylation measures. eChronological age at time of blood draw assessment