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ArticleAging2018

Accelerated DNA methylation age and the use of antihypertensive medication among older adults.

Xu Gao, Elena Colicino, Jincheng Shen, Allan C Just, Jamaji C Nwanaji-Enwerem, Cuicui Wang, Brent Coull, Xihong Lin, Pantel Vokonas, Yinan Zheng and 3 more

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Article in Aging, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Accelerated epigenetic age in hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026
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  9. Longitudinal associations between medication use and phenotypic aging: insights from the Baltimore longitudinal study of aging.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Xu GaoDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Elena ColicinoDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Jincheng ShenDepartment of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
Allan C JustDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Jamaji C Nwanaji-EnweremDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Cuicui WangDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Brent CoullDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Xihong LinDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Pantel VokonasVeterans Affairs Normative Aging Study, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Yinan ZhengDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Lifang HouDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Joel SchwartzDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Andrea A BaccarelliDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Harvard University · USColumbia University · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USNorthwestern University · USUniversity of Utah · USBoston University · US

Funding

True Metal fac coreP30ES009089 · NIEHS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MATTHEW S PERZANOWSKI · 1998 to 2026
$44.7M
The Mount Sinai Transdisciplinary Center on Early Environmental ExposuresP30ES023515 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Manish Arora · 2014 to 2026
$21.3M
Training Program in Molecular and Integrative Physiological SciencesT32HL007118 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI LU, QUAN · 1985 to 2025
$14.3M
Air Particulate, Metals, and Cognitive Performance in an Aging Cohort- Roles of Circulating Extracellular Vesicles and Non-coding RNAsR01ES027747 · NIEHS · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI SCHWARTZ, JOEL D · 2017 to 2021
$3.7M
Circulating microRNAs in Extracellular Vesicles, Air Particulate Pollution, and Lung Function in an Aging CohortR01ES025225 · NIEHS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BACCARELLI, ANDREA · 2016 to 2020
$2.9M
Molecular and Epigenetic Mitochondriomics of Air Particles, Lead and CognitionR01ES021733 · NIEHS · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI BACCARELLI, ANDREA · 2012 to 2015
$2.4M
Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine Disrupters, DNA Methylation, and Childhood ObesityR00ES023450 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI JUST, ALLAN C. · 2016 to 2018
$747k
Utilizing DNA Methylation Age to Understand The Effects of Fine Particles on CognitionF31AG056124 · NIA · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NWANAJI-ENWEREM, JAMAJI · 2017 to 2018
$85k
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007118NIA NIH HHS F31 AG056124NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES009089NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES023515NIEHS NIH HHS R00 ES023450NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES021733NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES025225NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES027747
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The discrepancy of DNA methylation age (DNAmAge) with chronological age (termed as age acceleration, AA) has been identified to be associated with many aging-related health outcomes including hypertension. Since taking antihypertensive medication (AHM) could prevent aging-related diseases caused by hypertension, we hypothesized that using AHM could also reduce the AA. We examined this hypothesis among 546 males aged 55-85 years by exploring the associations of AHM use with AA and its change rate (Δ

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AgingAgedAntihypertensive AgentsDNA MethylationHumansHypertensionAntihypertensive Agentsagingantihypertensive medicationDNA methylation ageepigenetic epidemiologyhypertension

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PMID30414594
PMCPMC6286862
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