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 "citation": "Lu, A. T., et al. \u201cDNA methylation GrimAge version 2.\u201d Aging 14(23): 9484\u20139549 (2022).",
 "citations": 291,
 "citations_date": "2026-07-05",
 "clock_name": "grimage2leptin",
 "data_type": "DNA methylation",
 "doi": "https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.204434",
 "journal": "Aging",
 "last_author": "Steve Horvath",
 "model_type": "elastic net regression",
 "n_features": 187,
 "notes": "Leptin is an adipose-derived hormone regulating energy balance; DNAm leptin is a GrimAge component.",
 "platform": [
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 "population": "older adults",
 "postprocess": "cox_to_years",
 "predicts": [
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 "reference_values": true,
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 "species": "Homo sapiens",
 "tissue": [
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 "unit": [
  "picograms per milliliter"
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