Mckinnon, Katie http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8177-1450
Conole, Eleanor L. S. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3056-3694
Vaher, Kadi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0733-2505
Hillary, Robert F. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2595-552X
Gadd, Danni A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6398-5407
Binkowska, Justyna http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6485-1275
Sullivan, Gemma http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1499-3536
Stevenson, Anna J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0435-3562
Corrigan, Amy http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9945-8251
Murphy, Lee http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6467-7449
Whalley, Heather C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4505-8869
Richardson, Hilary http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-805X
Marioni, Riccardo E. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4430-4260
Cox, Simon R. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-3642
Boardman, James P. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3904-8960
Funding for this research was provided by:
NHS Scotland
Theirworld
MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship (MR/X019535/1)
Sir Henry Dale Fellowship jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society (221890/Z/20/Z)
UKRI MRC Programme Grant (MR/X003434/1)
Article History
Received: 21 December 2023
Accepted: 22 June 2024
First Online: 29 June 2024
Declarations
:
: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the National Research Ethics Service, South-East Scotland Research Ethics Committee (REC 11/55/0061, 13/SS/0143, 16/SS/0154), and NHS Lothian Research and Development (2016/0255). Written informed consent was obtained from parents.
: Not applicable.
: LM has received speaker and consultancy fees from Illumina. REM is a scientific advisor to the Epigenetic Clock Development Foundation and to Optima Partners. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.