Key points from article :
Excessive alcohol consumption increases the epigenetic age of non-Hispanic White women according to the GrimAge epigenetic clock.
This study consisted of 2,316 women with a median age of 55.3 years.
It used four epigenetic clocks: Hannum, Horvath, PhenoAge, and GrimAge.
An additional 135 alcoholic drinks per year over a lifetime were responsible for an average of four additional months of epigenetic aging.
These conclusive results actually came from the highest quintile of drinkers
Results from the Hannum clock reported that current drinkers were physically a year older than their never-drinking counterparts.
GrimAge results showed that former drinkers were a year older than their never-drinking counterparts.
Lifetime average consumption is associated with higher biological age.
Study by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences published in The Journals of Gerontology.
