Paulina Pruszkowska-Przybylska, Rezvan Noroozi, Joanna Rudnicka, Aleksandra Pisarek, Iwona Wronka, Magdalena Kobus, Bożena Wysocka, Andrzej Ossowski, Magdalena Spólnicka, Joanna Wiktorska, Aleksandra Iljin, Ewelina Pośpiech, Wojciech Branicki, Aneta Sitek
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Abstract
Objectives: Second to fourth digit ratio is widely known indicator of prenatal sex hormones proportion. Higher prenatal androgenization results in longer fourth finger and lower 2D:4D index. The aim of this study was to determine whether the 2D:4D digit ratio is associated with DNA methylation (DNAm) age dependently on sex.
Material and methods: The study included 182 adults (106 females and 76 males) with a mean age of 51.5 ± 13 years. The investigation consisted of three main parts: a survey, anthropometric dimensions measurements (fingers length) and methylome analysis using collected blood samples. Genome-wide methylation was analyzed using EPIC microarray technology. Epigenetic age and epigenetic age acceleration were calculated using several widely applied algorithms.
Results: Males with the female left hand pattern had more accelerated epigenetic age than those with the male pattern as calculated with PhenoAge and DNAmTL clocks.
Conclusions: Finger female pattern 2D:4D above or equal to 1 in males is associated with epigenetic age acceleration, indicating that prenatal exposure to estrogens in males may be related to aging process in the later ontogenesis.
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