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Polygenic risk score for brain-age acceleration

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“The polygenic risk score for BAA demonstrated significant associations with mortality and diseases across multiple systems in the non-GWAS cohort.”
Integrative analysis of brain-age acceleration: health associations and multi-omics profilesNPJ aging2026doi:10.1038/s41514-026-00557-5
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  1. Polygenic risk score for brain-age acceleration is associated with diseases across multiple systems in the non-GWAS cohort.

    “The polygenic risk score for BAA demonstrated significant associations with mortality and diseases across multiple systems in the non-GWAS cohort.”

    Humansin the non-GWAS cohort

    Faster brain aging linked to death and disease across the body

    NPJ aging

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  1. Polygenic risk score for brain-age acceleration is associated with mortality in the non-GWAS cohort.

    “The polygenic risk score for BAA demonstrated significant associations with mortality and diseases across multiple systems in the non-GWAS cohort.”

    Humansin the non-GWAS cohort

    Faster brain aging linked to death and disease across the body

    NPJ aging

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Faster brain aging linked to death and disease across the body

An observational analysis of brain scans from over 60,000 UK Biobank participants linked accelerated brain aging to death and diseases affecting multiple organ systems.An observational analysis of brain scans from over 60,000 UK Biobank participants linked accelerated brain aging to death and diseases affecting multiple organ systems.

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