Reply to Nwanaji-Enwerema, 2023, "Exposome and low birthweight selection bias considerations in early life infections and epigenetic age relationships"

Thomas W McDade^{1

2}, Calen P Ryan³, Linda S Adair⁴, Nanette R Lee⁵, Delia B Carba⁵, Julia L MacIsaac^{6

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8}, Kristy Dever^{6

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8}, Parmida Atashzay^{6

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8}, Michael S Kobor^{6

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8}, Christopher W Kuzawa^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
² Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, New York, USA.
⁴ Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Carolina Population Center, CB #8120, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
⁵ Office of Population Studies Foundation, University of San Carlos, Cebu City, Philippines.
⁶ Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁷ Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁸ University of British Columbia, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Comment

Thomas W McDade et al. Am J Hum Biol. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;35(11):e23977.

doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23977. Epub 2023 Aug 9.

¹ Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
² Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, New York, USA.
⁴ Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Carolina Population Center, CB #8120, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
⁵ Office of Population Studies Foundation, University of San Carlos, Cebu City, Philippines.
⁶ Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁷ Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁸ University of British Columbia, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Comment on

Association between infectious exposures in infancy and epigenetic age acceleration in young adulthood in metropolitan Cebu, Philippines.
McDade TW, Ryan CP, Adair LS, Lee NR, Carba DB, MacIsaac JL, Dever K, Atashzay P, Kobor MS, Kuzawa CW. McDade TW, et al. Am J Hum Biol. 2023 Nov;35(11):e23948. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23948. Epub 2023 Jun 20. Am J Hum Biol. 2023. PMID: 37338007 Free PMC article.
Exposome and low birthweight selection bias considerations in early life infections and epigenetic age relationships.
Nwanaji-Enwerem JC. Nwanaji-Enwerem JC. Am J Hum Biol. 2023 Nov;35(11):e23973. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23973. Epub 2023 Aug 2. Am J Hum Biol. 2023. PMID: 37530095 No abstract available.

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