---
license: mit
library_name: pyaging
tags:
- pyaging
- aging-clock
- biology
- dna-methylation
---

# lin

Whole-blood 99-CpG multivariate age estimator trained to predict chronological age; age acceleration from the model was secondarily tested for association with all-cause mortality.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Predicts** | chronological age |
| **Species** | Homo sapiens |
| **Tissue** | whole blood |
| **Data type** | DNA methylation |
| **Model type** | linear regression |
| **Year** | 2016 |

## Use with pyaging

```python
import pyaging as pya

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

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

## Citation

Lin, Q., et al. “DNA methylation levels at individual age-associated CpG sites can be indicative for life expectancy.” Aging 8(2): 394–401 (2016).

https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.100908