Table 1 Cohort characteristics of 1100 BASE-II participants of the GendAge study.

From: Epigenetic aging and perceived psychological stress in old age

 

n

%

mean

sd

min

max

Chronological age (years)

1100

 

75.60

3.77

64.91

94.07

Sex (female)

573

52.09

    

Smoking (packyears)

1019

 

9.79

17.61

0.00

150.00

BMI

1098

 

26.97

4.25

17.17

49.68

Education (years)

994

 

14.42

2.92

7

18

Alcohol intake (yes)

912

83.14

    

Frailty score

1087

 

0.76

0.87

0.00

4.00

CES-D

1089

 

13.55

3.71

0.00

35.00

Morbidity index

954

 

1.39

1.54

0.00

9.00

7-CpG clock DNAmAA

1071

 

0.03

6.42

−24.93

34.48

Horvath’s clock DNAmAA

1067

 

0.03

4.04

−12.31

23.45

Hannum’s clock DNAmAA

1067

 

0.01

3.89

−10.80

28.57

PhenoAge DNAmAA

1067

 

0.04

5.42

−16.54

25.80

GrimAge DNAmAA

1067

 

0.03

3.39

−10.82

12.84

PSS

1006

 

2.08

0.64

1.00

4.50

  1. BMI body mass index, CES-D Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, DNAmAA DNA methylation age acceleration, PSS perceived stress scale.