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Social Connectedness and Cognitive Function in Later Life: GrimAge as an Epigenetic Mediating Pathway
ObjectivesTo test whether epigenetic aging mediates associations between social connectedness and later cognitive function among U.S. older adults.MethodsUsing Health and Retirement Study data (N = 1,574; mean age = 68.5), we modeled 2014 social connectedness as a latent factor (participation, isolation, loneliness), assessed four DNA methylation clocks in 2016 (DNAmGrimAge, DunedinPoAm, DNAmPhenoAge, Zhang), and cognition in 2018. Survey-weighted regression-with-residuals mediation models...
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