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  • 1Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Facoltá di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Informatica e Statistica, Sapienza Universitá di Roma, Rome, Italy. francesca.martella@uniroma1.it

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Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Biostatistics
  • Genetics

Background:

  • Healthy aging research often involves multiple health outcome measures.
  • Identifying homogeneous groups within populations, such as sibling pairs, is crucial for understanding health trajectories.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a model-based clustering approach for classifying sibling pairs based on their health status.
  • To account for within-pair correlations in health status using linear mixed-effects models.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a model-based clustering approach based on linear mixed-effects models.
  • Employed an expectation-maximization algorithm for maximum likelihood estimation.
  • Modeled correlated class memberships and sibling pair effects within clusters.

Main Results:

  • The proposed model accurately estimated parameters and detected the correct number of clusters in simulations.
  • Compared favorably against standard model-based clustering methods.
  • Classified sibling pairs from the Leiden Longevity Study, revealing an association between homogeneous healthy sibling pairs and longer lifespan.

Conclusions:

  • The developed model-based clustering approach effectively identifies homogeneous sibling pairs by health status.
  • Homogeneous healthy sibling pairs are linked to increased longevity.
  • The methodology and associated software can advance healthy aging and longevity research.