Epigenetic Age Acceleration and Chronic Health Conditions Among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Abstract Background Mounting evidence supports the occurrence of accelerating aging among long-term survivors of childhood cancer. We aimed to investigate epigenetic age acceleration (EAA) in survivors and evaluate associations between EAA, treatment exposures, health behaviors, and chronic health c...
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Veröffentlicht in: | JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2021-05, Vol.113 (5), p.597-605 |
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Background
Mounting evidence supports the occurrence of accelerating aging among long-term survivors of childhood cancer. We aimed to investigate epigenetic age acceleration (EAA) in survivors and evaluate associations between EAA, treatment exposures, health behaviors, and chronic health conditions (CHCs).
Methods
Genome-wide methylation data were generated with Infinium EPIC BeadChip on blood-derived DNA from 2139 survivors and 282 frequency matched controls from the St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study. EAAs were estimated as residuals from a linear regression of epigenetic age (Levine’s clock) against chronological age. Adjusted least square mean (ALSM) of EAA was calculated and compared between survivors and controls, across treatment exposures and health behaviors. Associations of EAA with 20 clinically assessed CHCs were evaluated with multivariable piecewise-exponential models. All statistical tests for P values below were 2-sided.
Results
EAA was statistically significantly higher in survivors than controls (ALSM = 0.63, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.26 to 1.01 vs −3.61, 95% CI = −4.43 to 2.80). In a multivariable model among survivors, statistically significantly higher EAA (P |
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ISSN: | 0027-8874 1460-2105 |
DOI: | 10.1093/jnci/djaa147 |