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A data-driven dietary pattern anchored to slower epigenetic aging is associated with a spectrum of aging-related health outcomes

2026-02-25 public and global health Title + abstract only
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Diet is an essential factor influencing biological aging, yet few exsiting dietary indices were specifically developed to target biological aging. We developed a data-driven food-based Empirical Dietary Index for Slower Epigenetic Aging (EDISEA) in the US Health and Retirement Study (HRS, n=7,398), which predicted deceleration of GrimAge, an established DNA methylation-based epigenetic clock. Participants in the highest versus lowest EDISEA quintile had 4.65-year deceleration in GrimAge (P value...

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