{
 "approved_by_author": "\u231b",
 "citation": "Vidal-Bralo, Laura, Yolanda Lopez-Golan, and Antonio Gonzalez. \"Simplified assay for epigenetic age estimation in whole blood of adults.\" Frontiers in Genetics 7 (2016): 126.",
 "citations": 155,
 "citations_date": "2026-10-02",
 "clock_name": "vidalbralo",
 "data_type": "DNA methylation",
 "doi": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2016.00126",
 "journal": "Frontiers in Genetics",
 "last_author": "Antonio Gonzalez",
 "model_type": "linear regression",
 "n_features": 8,
 "notes": "Eight-CpG whole-blood chronological-age estimator selected by forward stepwise regression in 390 adults and calibrated by multiple linear regression; CpGs were chosen for compatibility with a single multiplex MS-SNuPE assay.",
 "platform": [
  "Illumina 27K"
 ],
 "population": "adults",
 "predicts": [
  "chronological age"
 ],
 "research_only": null,
 "species": "Homo sapiens",
 "tissue": [
  "whole blood"
 ],
 "training_target": [
  "chronological age"
 ],
 "unit": [
  "years"
 ],
 "version": "0.5.7",
 "year": 2016
}