Table 1 Datasets used in this study

From: Integrative epigenetics and transcriptomics identify aging genes in human blood

Dataset Name

Data type

Data Source

Assay Type

Cell Type

#Samples

after filter

Accession ID

MGB500

DNAm

Mass General Biobank

Infinium MethylationEPIC v2

PBMC

500

461

This study

MGB4K

DNAm

Mass General Biobank

Infinium MethylationEPIC v1

PBMC

4243

4243

Not public

GS

DNAm

Generation Scotland

Infinium MethylationEPIC v1

WB

20,232

18,859

https://genscot.ed.ac.uk/for-researchers/access

MESA1 (DNAm)

DNAm

NHLBI TOPMed MESA, year 2000

Infinium MethylationEPIC v1

PBMC

886

886

phs001416.v3.p1

MESA2 (DNAm)

DNAm

NHLBI TOPMed MESA, year 2010

Infinium MethylationEPIC v1

PBMC

888

888

phs001416.v3.p1

PPMI (DNAm)

DNAm

Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative

Infinium MethylationEPIC v1

WB

1638

510

via LONI IDA

RA

DNAm

Epidemiological Investigation of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Infinium Methylation450K

PBL

689

689

GSE42861

Grady

DNAm

Grady Trauma Project

Infinium MethylationEPIC v1

WB

795

795

GSE132203

GENOA

DNAm

Genetic epidemiology network of Arteriopathy

Infinium MethylationEPIC v1

PBL

1218

946

GSE157131

MESA1 (RNA)

RNA-Seq

NHLBI TOPMed MESA, year 2000

Illumina Sequencing

PBMC

1016

1016

phs001416.v3.p1

MESA2 (RNA)

RNA-Seq

NHLBI TOPMed MESA, year 2000

Illumina Sequencing

PBMC

845

845

phs001416.v3.p1

PPMI (RNA)

RNA-Seq

Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative

Illumina Sequencing, 2 × 125 bp PE

WB

1600

1111

via LONI IDA

JenAge

RNA-Seq

Jena Center for Systems Biology of Ageing

Illumina TruSeq 2.0

WB

62

62

GSE103232 & GSE75337

GC6

RNA-Seq

Gates Foundation Grand Challenges 6–74 program (Healthy Controls)

Illumina TruSeq stranded mRNA, 2 × 50bp PE

WB

327

327

GSE94438

500FG

RNA-Seq

500 Functional Genomes Project

Illumina TruSeq 2.0, 2 × 50bp PE

WB

100

100

GSE134080

  1. Abbreviations: PBMC, Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (including monocytes); PBL, peripheral blood leukocytes (white blood cells only); WB, whole blood.