npj aging

Urine microRNA patterns closely predict biological age

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Abstract

Essence

Urinary microRNAs may provide a non-invasive clock for estimating biological age.

Evidence

This machine-learning biomarker study used 6331 adults and reported independent-validation accuracy of MAE ≈ 4.4 years and R² ≈ 0.79.

Caveat

The urinary clock was slightly less accurate than DNA-methylation clocks, and the abstract does not show that it predicts clinical outcomes.

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Funding

Competing interests

Competing interests: M.I.M. and Y.I. serve as board members and are shareholders of Craif Inc. All other authors are employees of Craif Inc. and hold stock options. The authors declare no other competing financial or non-financial interests.
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