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ArticleAging cell2025

Lifetime age-related changes in clinical laboratory results, aging clocks and mortality predictors in 2412 Golden Retrievers.

Kevin Perez, Brenna Swafford, Julia Labadie, Alejandro Ocampo

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Article in Aging cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Kevin PerezEPITERNA, Epalinges, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1802-185X
Brenna SwaffordScientific Programs Department, Morris Animal Foundation, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Julia LabadieScientific Programs Department, Morris Animal Foundation, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Alejandro OcampoEPITERNA, Epalinges, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3731-3647

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we investigated age-related changes in clinical laboratory data and their association with mortality in dogs from the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study. By analyzing complete blood count (CBC) and biochemistry data from 2'412 Golden Retrievers over 16,678 visits, we observed significant changes during the first 2 years of life and throughout aging. Based on these observations, we developed a biological aging clock using a LASSO model to predict age based on blood markers, achieving an accuracy of R = 0.78. Although the biological age clock and pace of aging did not significantly improve mortality prediction, a model incorporating all blood biomarkers showed better predictive power for lifetime (C-index = 0.763) and 1-year mortality (AUC = 0.817). Our findings underscore the importance of comprehensive blood analysis for aging and mortality prediction in dogs and open the door for the development of novel methods to investigate aging in companion animals.

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AgingBiological ClocksAnimalsBiomarkersDogsFemaleLongevityMaleBiomarkersagingclinical labsclockdogmortality

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PMID39854117
PMCPMC11984677

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