Extended Data Table 2.
Cohorts for validation studies of biomarkers of aging described in this study.
| Abbreviation | Cohort | Location | Focus | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARIC | Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study | USA | Risk for atherosclerosis | https://sites.cscc.unc.edu/aric/Cohort_Description |
| FHS | Framingham Heart Study | USA | Cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases | https://www.framinahamheartstudy.org |
| FINRISK | FINRISK | Finland | Risk factors on chronic, noncommunicable diseases | https://thl.fi/en/web/thlfi-en/research-and-development/research-and-proiects/the-national-finrisk-study |
| FITSA | Finnish Twin Study on Aging | Finland | Genetic and environmental influence on aging | https://www.gerec.fi/en/research/health/the-finnish-twin-study-on-ageing-fitsa-taina-rantanen/ |
| GS | Generation Scotland | UK | Health and wellbeing across lifetime | https://www.ed.ac.uk/generation-scotland/for-researchers/generation-scotland |
| InCHIANTI | InCHIANTI | Italy | Older persons | https://www.nia.nih.gov/inchianti-study |
| JHS | Jackson Heart Study | USA | Cardiovascular disease in African Americans | https://www.jacksonheartstudy.org/ |
| KORA | Cooperative Health Research in the Augsburg Region | Germany | Risk factors for cardiovascular disease | https://www.maelstrom-research.org/study/kora |
| LBC | Lothian Birth Cohorts | UK | Longitudinal changes in brain aging | https://www.ed.ac.uk/lothian-birth-cohorts/history |
| LLS | Leiden Longevity Study | NL | Long-lived family members and controls | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132126/ |
| NAS | Normative Aging Study | USA | Aging and disease development | https://www.vacsp.research.va.gov/CSPEC/Studies/INVESTD-R/CSP-710-VA-Normative-Aging-Study.asp |
| NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey | USA | Health and nutritional status | https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/index.htm |
| SATSA | Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging | Sweden | Genetic and environmental influence on aging | httDs://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/NACDA/studies/3843/summary |
| TILDA | The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing | Ireland | Aging | https://tilda.tcd.je/participants/ |
| WHI | Women’s Health Initiative | USA | Heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer, and osteoporosis | https://www.whi.org |