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. 2025 Mar;82(3):e22-e24.
doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.124.24080. Epub 2025 Feb 19.

Mediation of Social Determinants and Hypertension by Epigenetic Age in CARDIA

Mindy D Szeto  1 , Hongyan Ning  1 , Havisha Pedamallu  1 , Yinan Zheng  1 , Lisa Schneper  2 , Brian Joyce  1 , Kyeezu Kim  1   3 , Kiarri N Kershaw  1 , Orna Reges  4   5 , Lifang Hou  1 , Norrina B Allen  1 , Daniel A Notterman  2 , Donald M Lloyd-Jones  1
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Mediation of Social Determinants and Hypertension by Epigenetic Age in CARDIA

Mindy D Szeto et al. Hypertension. 2025 Mar.
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Keywords: DNA methylation; biomarkers; epigenomics; hypertension; mediation analysis; social determinants of health; socioeconomic disparities in health.

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