---
library_name: pyaging
tags:
- pyaging
- aging-clock
- biology
- dna-methylation
---

# epicga

LASSO predictor of ultrasound-estimated gestational age in days from umbilical cord-blood DNA methylation, trained in 755 non-ART START newborns.

Model weights retain the original authors' terms; the pyaging software license does not relicense them.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Predicts** | gestational age |
| **Species** | Homo sapiens |
| **Tissue** | cord blood |
| **Data type** | DNA methylation |
| **Model type** | LASSO regression |
| **Year** | 2021 |

## Use with pyaging

```python
import pyaging as pya

pya.pred.predict_age(adata, ["epicga"])
```

Browse every clock in the [pyaging Clock Catalogue](https://pyaging.readthedocs.io).

## Citation

Haftorn, K. L. et al. An EPIC predictor of gestational age and its application to newborns conceived by assisted reproductive technologies. Clinical Epigenetics 13, 82 (2021).

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-021-01055-z