Fig. 1: Comparison of DNA methylation-based estimates of telomere length (DNAmTL) in blood (black circles) and breast (red circles).
From: The impact of reproductive factors on DNA methylation-based telomere length in healthy breast tissue
Panel a reveals a scatter plot of chronologic age versus DNAmTL in blood and breast tissue from 40 women with paired samples. Regression lines demonstrate the inverse linear relationship between DNAmTL and chronologic age in blood (panel b) and breast (panel c) in these 40 women. Using data from a larger study of breast samples only (N = 192 women), a significant inverse relationship is demonstrated between DNAmTL and chronologic age in breast (Panel d).
