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

# wu

Child-specific 111-CpG blood age predictor built by sure independence screening followed by elastic net; pyaging converts the published month-scale output to years.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Predicts** | chronological age |
| **Species** | Homo sapiens |
| **Tissue** | whole blood |
| **Data type** | DNA methylation |
| **Model type** | screened elastic net regression |
| **Year** | 2019 |

## Use with pyaging

```python
import pyaging as pya

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

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

## Citation

Wu, X., et al. “DNA methylation profile is a quantitative measure of biological aging in children.” Aging 11(22): 10031–10051 (2019).

https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.102399