Hillary, Robert F.
McCartney, Daniel L.
McRae, Allan F.
Campbell, Archie
Walker, Rosie M.
Hayward, Caroline
Horvath, Steve
Porteous, David J.
Evans, Kathryn L.
Marioni, Riccardo E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00007/10)
National Institutes of Health (U01AG060908–01, U01AG060908–01)
Alzheimer’s Research UK
Alzheimer’s Society (AS-PG-19b-010)
Article History
Received: 23 May 2022
Accepted: 29 July 2022
First Online: 10 August 2022
Declarations
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: All components of the Generation Scotland study received ethical approval from the NHS Tayside Committee on Medical Research Ethics (REC Reference Numbers: 05/S1401/89 and 10/S1402/20). All participants provided broad and enduring written informed consent for biomedical research. Generation Scotland has also been granted Research Tissue Bank status by the East of Scotland Research Ethics Service (REC Reference Number: 20-ES-0021). This study was performed in accordance with the Helsinki declaration.
: Not applicable.
: R.F.H has received consultant fees from Illumina and acts as a scientific consultant for Optima Partners. R.E.M. has received speaker fees from Illumina, acts as a scientific consultant for Optima Partners and is an advisor to the Epigenetic Clock Development Foundation. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.