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

# reedbmi

Weighted blood-DNA-methylation score built from published BMI EWAS effect estimates and evaluated across the ARIES life course; it is a biomarker associated with concurrent BMI, not a calibrated prediction in kilograms.

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

| | |
|---|---|
| **Predicts** | BMI methylation score |
| **Species** | Homo sapiens |
| **Tissue** | whole blood, cord blood |
| **Data type** | DNA methylation |
| **Model type** | weighted methylation aggregation |
| **Year** | 2020 |

## Use with pyaging

```python
import pyaging as pya

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

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

## Citation

Reed, Zoe E., et al. "The association of DNA methylation with body mass index: distinguishing between predictors and biomarkers." Clinical Epigenetics 12 (2020): 50.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-020-00841-5