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 "approved_by_author": "\u231b",
 "citation": "Lu, A. T., et al. \"DNA methylation-based estimator of telomere length.\" Aging 11.16 (2019): 5895-5923.",
 "citations": 484,
 "citations_date": "2026-10-02",
 "clock_name": "dnamtl",
 "data_type": "DNA methylation",
 "doi": "https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.102173",
 "journal": "Aging",
 "last_author": "Steve Horvath",
 "model_type": "elastic net regression",
 "n_features": 140,
 "notes": "Elastic-net blood DNA-methylation estimator of measured leukocyte telomere length, using 140 CpGs shared by the Illumina 450K and EPIC arrays and returning kilobases.",
 "platform": [
  "Illumina 450K",
  "Illumina EPIC"
 ],
 "population": "adults",
 "predicts": [
  "leukocyte telomere length"
 ],
 "research_only": null,
 "species": "Homo sapiens",
 "tissue": [
  "whole blood"
 ],
 "training_target": [
  "leukocyte telomere length"
 ],
 "unit": [
  "kilobases"
 ],
 "version": "0.5.7",
 "year": 2019
}