---
license: mit
library_name: pyaging
tags:
- pyaging
- aging-clock
- biology
- transcriptomics
---

# bitage

Binarized whole-organism C. elegans RNA-seq clock that estimates temporally rescaled biological age; the released linear predictor sums coefficients for genes binarized on plus a 103.55-hour intercept.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Predicts** | biological age |
| **Species** | Caenorhabditis elegans |
| **Tissue** | whole organism |
| **Data type** | transcriptomics |
| **Model type** | elastic net regression |
| **Year** | 2021 |

## Use with pyaging

```python
import pyaging as pya

pya.pred.predict_age(adata, ["bitage"])
```

Browse every clock in the [pyaging Clock Catalogue](https://pyaging.readthedocs.io).

## Citation

Meyer, David H., and Björn Schumacher. "BiT age: A transcriptome-based aging clock near the theoretical limit of accuracy." Aging Cell 20 (2021): e13320.

https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.13320