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ArticleBrain, behavior, & immunity - health2025

Psychological distress in older adults: associations with epigenetic markers of ageing, inflammation, and depression, and joint effects on mortality.

Danmeng Lily Li, Xiaojing Xu, Allison M Hodge, Melissa C Southey, Graham G Giles, Roger L Milne, Pierre-Antoine Dugué

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  1. Social relationships and epigenetic markers of aging in middle-aged and older adults: cross-sectional and prospective analyses.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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Danmeng Lily LiPrecision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Xiaojing XuPrecision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Allison M HodgeCentre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Melissa C SoutheyPrecision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Graham G GilesPrecision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Roger L MilnePrecision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
Pierre-Antoine DuguéPrecision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Psychological distress is associated with adverse health outcomes. We aimed to assess whether the health impacts of psychological distress could be captured by epigenetic markers of ageing, inflammation, and depression, and whether these markers and psychological distress have a synergistic association with mortality in older Australians. Methods: Blood DNA methylation data for 1146 participants (31 % females, mean age: 69 years) in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study were used to calculate epigenetic markers of ageing ( Results: We observed positive associations of K10 with epigenetic markers of ageing and inflammation: per standard deviation (SD), 0.05 (95 %CI: 0.00-0.11) for Conclusion: In older Australians, higher psychological distress was associated with older epigenetic age and higher

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Epigenetic ageingInflammationPsychological distress

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PMCPMC12490524

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