{
 "approved_by_author": "\u231b",
 "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\u201323335.",
 "citations": 292,
 "citations_date": "2026-07-05",
 "clock_name": "pedbe",
 "data_type": "DNA methylation",
 "doi": "https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820843116",
 "journal": "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America",
 "last_author": "Michael S. Kobor",
 "model_type": "elastic net regression",
 "n_features": 94,
 "notes": "Pediatric chronological-age estimator developed specifically for noninvasive buccal epithelial-cell samples.",
 "platform": [
  "Illumina 450K",
  "Illumina EPIC"
 ],
 "population": "children and adolescents",
 "postprocess": "anti_log_linear",
 "predicts": [
  "chronological age"
 ],
 "research_only": null,
 "species": "Homo sapiens",
 "tissue": [
  "buccal epithelium"
 ],
 "training_target": [
  "chronological age"
 ],
 "unit": [
  "years"
 ],
 "version": "0.5.0",
 "year": 2020
}