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 "approved_by_author": "\u231b",
 "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.",
 "citations": 88,
 "citations_date": "2026-10-02",
 "clock_name": "reedbmi",
 "data_type": "DNA methylation",
 "doi": "https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-020-00841-5",
 "journal": "Clinical Epigenetics",
 "last_author": "Gibran Hemani",
 "model_type": "weighted methylation aggregation",
 "n_features": 135,
 "notes": "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.",
 "platform": [
  "Illumina 450K"
 ],
 "population": "all ages",
 "predicts": [
  "BMI methylation score"
 ],
 "research_only": null,
 "species": "Homo sapiens",
 "tissue": [
  "whole blood",
  "cord blood"
 ],
 "training_target": [
  "body mass index"
 ],
 "unit": [
  "unitless"
 ],
 "version": "0.5.7",
 "year": 2020
}