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

# pedbe

Pediatric chronological-age estimator developed specifically for noninvasive buccal epithelial-cell samples.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Predicts** | chronological age |
| **Species** | Homo sapiens |
| **Tissue** | buccal epithelium |
| **Data type** | DNA methylation |
| **Model type** | elastic net regression |
| **Year** | 2020 |

## Use with pyaging

```python
import pyaging as pya

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

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

## Citation

McEwen, Lisa M., et al. "The PedBE clock accurately estimates DNA methylation age in pediatric buccal cells." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (2020): 23329–23335.

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820843116