---
license: mit
library_name: pyaging
tags:
- pyaging
- aging-clock
- biology
- dna-methylation
---

# vidalbralo

Eight-CpG whole-blood chronological-age estimator selected by forward stepwise regression in 390 adults and calibrated by multiple linear regression; CpGs were chosen for compatibility with a single multiplex MS-SNuPE assay.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Predicts** | chronological age |
| **Species** | Homo sapiens |
| **Tissue** | whole blood |
| **Data type** | DNA methylation |
| **Model type** | linear regression |
| **Year** | 2016 |

## Use with pyaging

```python
import pyaging as pya

pya.pred.predict_age(adata, ["vidalbralo"])
```

Browse every clock in the [pyaging Clock Catalogue](https://pyaging.readthedocs.io).

## Citation

Vidal-Bralo, Laura, Yolanda Lopez-Golan, and Antonio Gonzalez. "Simplified assay for epigenetic age estimation in whole blood of adults." Frontiers in Genetics 7 (2016): 126.

https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2016.00126