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. 2024 Nov 15;10(1):108. doi: 10.1038/s41537-024-00531-8

Table 2.

Results of meta-analyses of five cohorts comparing patients with schizophrenia, excluding first-episode psychosis, and controls in the first regression model.

Effect size (95% CI) Standard error z-value p-value I2 (%)
Epigenetic age acceleration
 AgeAccelHorvath −0.0137 (−0.1142–0.08681) 0.05128 −0.2671 0.7894 68.92855
 AgeAccelHannum 0.0296 (−0.09748–0.15669) 0.06484 0.4565 0.6480 81.47102
 AgeAccelSkinBlood −0.03772 (−0.15239–0.07695) 0.05851 −0.6448 0.5191 76.06965
 AgeAccelPheno 0.05406 (0.00594–0.10218) 0.02455 2.2018 0.02768 0.10564
 AgeAccelGrim 0.07585 (0.05678–0.09491) 0.00973 7.7974 6.320×10−15 0.33303
 AgeAccelGrim2 0.08426 (0.05512–0.11341) 0.01487 5.6668 1.455×10−8 30.99890
 DNAmTLAdjAge 0.06776 (0.02121–0.11431) 0.02375 2.8531 4.329×10−3 1.20983
 DunedinPACE 0.14869 (0.07489–0.22249) 0.03765 3.9488 7.853×10−5 69.37428
GrimAge component
 DNAmADM 0.06975 (0.04462–0.09489) 0.01283 5.4386 5.370×10−8 0.00000
 DNAmB2M 0.02386 (0.00508–0.04264) 0.00958 2.4906 0.01275 0.00000
 DNAmCystatinC 0.05208 (0.03426–0.0699) 0.00909 5.7296 1.007×10−8 0.00000
 DNAmGDF15 0.02085 (−0.0038–0.04549) 0.01257 1.6580 0.09731 0.00000
 DNAmLeptin 0.02325 (−0.00912–0.05562) 0.01652 1.4077 0.1592 0.00000
 DNAmPAI1 0.11368 (0.06989–0.15747) 0.02234 5.0879 3.621×10−7 0.00000
 DNAmTIMP1 0.03287 (−0.00024–0.06599) 0.01689 1.9458 0.05168 83.59582
 DNAmPACKYRS 0.44681 (0.38172–0.51191) 0.03321 13.453 2.950×10−41 59.97047
GrimAge2 component
 DNAmadm 0.07382 (0.04654–0.1011) 0.01392 5.3036 1.135×10−7 0.00000
 DNAmCystatin_C 0.05785 (0.03579–0.07991) 0.01125 5.1407 2.737×10−7 0.00000
 DNAmGDF_15 0.02355 (−0.01009–0.05719) 0.01716 1.3723 0.1700 23.84953
 DNAmleptin 0.02506 (−0.00732–0.05743) 0.01652 1.5169 0.1293 0.00000
 DNAmpai_1 0.11353 (0.06974–0.15732) 0.02234 5.0810 3.754×10−7 0.00000
 DNAmTIMP_1 0.02251 (−0.03593–0.08095) 0.02982 0.7550 0.4502 89.55722

All values were calculated by meta-analyses using a random-effects model with standardized regression coefficients and standard errors for phenotypes in each cohort using the R package metafor. In these regression analyses, the first regression model was used.

The first regression model: Each item (Age acceleration, GrimAge component, or GrimAge2 component) ~ Phenotype (controls or patients) + Age + Sex + DNAmPACKYRS.

I2 values were used to evaluate heterogeneity (0–40%, might not be important; 30–60%, may present moderate heterogeneity; 50–90%, may present substantial heterogeneity; 75–100%, considerable heterogeneity).

ADM adrenomedullin, B2M beta-2 microglbulin, CI confidence interval, GDF15 growth differentiation factor-15, PAI1 plasminogen activation inhibitor-1, TIMP1 tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1, DNAm DNA methylation, DNAmPACKYRS DNA methylation-based smoking pack-years, DNAmTLadjAge age-adjusted estimate of DNA methylation-based telomere length.

p < 0.05 are shown in bold and italic.