Method for predicting health of a human subject

Abstract

A method for predicting the health of a human subject includes steps of: (a) obtaining genomic DNA from a blood or saliva specimen of a human subject, (b) observing unmethylated CG loci, wherein said observing includes performing a bisulfite conversion process on the genomic DNA of the human subject, (c) comparing the unmethylated CG loci observed in (b) to unmethylated CG loci observed in genomic DNA collected from a reference group of human individuals, and (d) correlating the unmethylated CG loci observed in (b) with the unmethylated CG loci observed in the reference group of human individuals to predict health of the human subject.

Description

IN THE UNITED STATES RECEIVING OFFICEA UTILITY APPLICATIONForMETHOD FOR PREDICTING HEALTH OF A HUMAN SUBJECTBy:Varun Dwaraka, Lexington, KY;Hannah Went, Nicholasville, KY; andRyan Smith, Nicholasville, KYAssignee: Tru Diagnostics, Inc.Attorney Docket No.: 2438S-028PCTRELATED APPLICATION

[0001] This patent application claims priority to U. S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 63 / 472,428, filed on June 12, 2023, the full disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.Technical Field

[0002] This document generally relates to the construction and validation of a DNA reference matrix focusing on certain unmethylated cytosine-phosphate-guanine sites / CG loci in order to (a) predict levels of a plurality of proteins and metabolites in a human subject to be tested and (b) correlate the predicted levels of the plurality of proteins and metabolites with disease risk for the human subject. In this way it is possible to better correlate patterns to disease and to create more complex phenotype (disease) prediction with more information through methylation.BACKGROUND

[0003] When your body is aging faster than the calendar’s progression of time, you are experiencing accelerated biological aging; the #1 predictor of chronic disease. Fortunately, there are lifestyle and medical interventions proven to help slow, stop, or even reverse the biological aging processes in your body. This document relates to a method for measuring baseline andchanges to an individual’s pace of aging, giving that individual the power to steer his or her antiaging or health and wellness journey in the right direction.SUMMARY

[0004] A new and improved method is provided for predicting the health of a human subject. That method comprises, consists of or consists essentially of the steps of:(a) obtaining genomic DNA from a blood or saliva specimen of the human subject in a manner known in the art;(b) observing unmethylated CG loci, in the genomic DNA of the human subject, wherein said observing includes performing a bisulfite conversion process on the genomic DNA of the human subject so that cytosine residues in the genomic DNA of the human subject are transformed to uracil, while 5-methylcytosine residues in the genomic DNA of the human subject are not transformed to uracil;(c) comparing the unmethylated CG loci observed in (b) to unmethylated CG loci observed in genomic DNA collected from a reference group of human individuals; and(d) correlating the unmethylated CG loci observed in (b) with the unmethylated CG loci observed in the reference group of human individuals to predict health of the human subject wherein the CG loci are a plurality of CG loci selected from a group consisting of: cg00011943, cg00014020, cg00056433, cg00067133, cg00071360, cg00074145, cg00080105, cg00120123, cg00122614, cg00153759, cg00177243, cg00178119, cg00182994, cg00209129, cg00215550, cg00217225, cg00236988, cg00237714, cg00243480, cg00251125, cg00262132, cg00275686, cg00278547, cg00283022, cg00303773, cg00322993, cg00342468, cg00358895, cg00458337, cg00465312, cg00481382, cg00530438, cg00538458, cg00548856, cg00593298, cg00594167, cg00602326, cg00615271, cg00631329, cg00639633, cg00646555, cg00687674, cg00687962, cg00698355, cg00712841, cg00737155, cg00748449, cg00756943, cg00767058, cg00800095, cg00815399, cg00910115, cg00935026, cg00935421, cg00964035, cg00973876, cg00993310, cg01020263, cg01025883, cg01067216, cg01089474, cg01094440, cg01098936, cgOl 113710, cgOl 134012, cgOl 166985, cgOl 169463, cgOl 178063, cg01224520, cg01243823, cg01253289, cg01266159, cg01271129, cg01274656, cg01282852, cg01313513, cg01320510, cg01346718, cg01377932, cg01380346, cg01402735, cg01410359, cg01446515, cg01457077, cg01541424, cg01545493, cg01549940, cg01579765, cg01586635, cg01606057, cg01610915, cg01645869, cg01652244, cg01660630, cg01715525, cg01770232, cg01809675, cg01824466,cgO 1826979, cgO 1844642, cgO 1849284, cgOl 857379, cg01858517, cgOl 865937, cgO 1892689, cgO 1893681, cgO 1894498, cgO 1929138, cgO 1930417, cgO 1956293, cg02001279, cg02007867, cg02042600, cg02048674, cg02055264, cg02056921, cg02058108, cg02081263, cg02084118, cg02084211, cg02094681, cg02106682, cg02132714, cg02217269, cg02246605, cg02310386, cgO2339455, cg02345572, cgO2371935, cg02380750, cg02390624, cg02415029, cg02426324, cg02444928, cg02447542, cg02471378, cg02474731, cg02489377, cg02500990, cg02509300, cg02524236, cg02534780, cg02605776, cg02613370, cg02618485, cg02643782, cg02672830, cg02675560, cg02720346, cg02721394, cg02731293, cg02740457, cg02762363, cg02768694, cg02798801, cg02867402, cg02909068, cg02942382, cg02981003, cgO2987388, cgO 3007462, cg03031520, cg03044367, cgO 3082247, cgO3137472, cgO3138091, cgO3139710, cg03240800, cg03245912, cg03261737, cg03328727, cg03340356, cg03340754, cg03356492, cg03357219, cg03368099, cg03400443, cg03401077, cg03417454, cg03423767, cg03441242, cg03443888, cgO3458265, cg03463465, cg03474430, cg03514545, cg03517760, cg03546163, cgO3549506, cgO3549779, cgO355O384, cgO3558379, cg03587144, cg03593336, cg03605735, cg03626541, cgO3636183, cgO3644691, cg03650179, cg03654623, cg03676636, cg03707183, cg03732728, cgO3741185, cg03741498, cg03743982, cgO3760060, cg03772253, cgO3785619, cg03796580, cgO38O7316, cgO3834947, cg03839794, cgO3858365, cg03874914, cgO3876766, cg03877420, cgO 3926921, cg03935495, cg03945604, cg03989967, cg04030486, cg04045009, cg04046848, cg04060356, cg04064054, cg04079779, cg04083076, cg04114590, cg04115418, cg04137003, cg04139465, cg04148839, cg04156293, cg04161236, cg04162034, cg04172953, cg04181107, cg04204356, cg04206342, cg04213565, cg04214966, cg04225172, cg04227949, cg04230438, cg04235071, cg04241623, cg04276953, cg04285652, cg04322572, cg04393397, cg04398451, cg04411086, cg04436120, cg04439218,cg04444415, cg04460372, cg04480106,cg04484376, cg04545003, cg04567124, cg04584675, cg04595658, cg04615668, cg04707706, cg04733838, cg04742282, cg04757168, cg04768425, cg04781339, cg04789125, cg04799410, cg04836038, cg04846343, cg04847826, cg04859706, cg04875128, cg04885881, cg04902443, cg04907325, cg04980928, cg05021355, cg05024939, cg05067995, cgO5169665, cgO5185749, cgO5187965, cgO5196720, cg05201093, cg05230392, cg05236757, cg05239544, cgO5258736, cg05270922, cg05280814, cg05298224, cgO5331789, cg05338009, cg05352464, cgO5380920, cg05399221, cgO5418947, cg05422344, cg05423392, cg05426134, cg05442477, cg05481257, cg05485520, cg05498943, cg05506600, cgO5517880, cg05551469, cg05575921, cgO5616010, cg05635388,cgO5666515, cg05669298, cg05671603, cg05676441, cg05679108, cg05715050, cg05720678, cg05721485, cg05726118, cg05729185, cg05777089, cg05786053, cg05802075, cg05820243, cg05828191, cg05830220, cg05845765, cg05901141, cg05910038, cg05913921, cg05941525, cgO5951558, cg05987787, cg05989533, cg06001484, cg06030695, cg06047828, cg06062604, cg06068545, cg06072257, cg06083423, cg06159131, cg06169746, cg06213468, cg06232874, cg06251791, cg06279632, cg06295952, cg06319999, cg06335143, cg06374715, cg06401979, cg06429010, cg06454296, cg06478823, cg06519334, cg06535156, cg06572713, cg06572849, cg06580943, cg06602086, cg06604227, cg06610988, cg06621358, cg06630425, cg06639320, cg06642354, cg06645033, cg06660395, cg06665890, cg06667732, cg06672424, cg06675893, cg06679261, cg06683719, cg06692384, cg06696596, cg06753303, cg06784991, cg06789517, cg06812822, cg06870213, cg06874063, cg06878994, cg06888566, cg06926961, cg06958563, cg06975196, cg06984463, cg06997226, cg07015424, cg07023764, cg07057549, cg07076816, cg07097098, cg07151966, cg07193470, cg07196593, cg07202981, cg07304986, cg07323488, cg07351787, cg07363137, cg07365979, cg07393369, cg07404706, cg07426101, cg07434188, cg07462861, cg07529122, cg07541744, cg07558704, cg07569063, cg07601816, cg07613945, cg07620230, cg07624842, cg07629158, cg07640648, cg07643355, cg07668501, cg07672814, cg07674095, cg07675998, cg07692435, cg07702236, cg07714289, cg07768696, cg07778205, cg07828121, cg07855914, cg07871442, cg07871717, cg07899016, cg07951728, cg08075719, cg08094551, cg08103988, cg08113373, cg08125436, cg08126148, cgO8132054, cg08173263, cgO8182270, cg08259413, cg08281455, cg08284801, cgO8312389, cg08335107, cg08342619, cg08350092, cg08369164, cg08375139, cg08421807, cg08424491, cg08439752, cg08443038, cgO85O6743, cgO8551532, cg08573404, cg08609249, cg08640901, cg08684580, cg08709765, cg08743947, cg08750459, cg08762603, cg08772194, cg08812936, cg08830214, cg08856764, cg08885224, cg08893036, cg08968830, cg08992229, cg09082985, cg09087222, cg09087669, cg09094866, cg09103812, cg09129997, cg09146197, cg09167379, cg09169335, cg09191731, cg09196193, cg09211372, cg09228052, cg09267188, cg09313734, cg09317728, cg09365138, cg09391799, cg09422291, cg09428537, cg09434029, cg09435875, cg09450907, cg09463001, cg09507782, cg09536390, cg09554406, cg09576223, cg09601629, cg09621460, cg09681594, cg09702859, cg09703048, cg09716613, cg09717927, cg09717936, cg09788524, cg09823288, cg09823713, cg09831942, cg09842685, cg09862733, cg09868598, cg09874992, cg09931939, cg09963257, cg09969145, cg09977126, cg09993780, cgl0043414, cgl 0060499, cglOl 16893,cgl0123377, cgl0127085, cgl0133386, cgl0157184, cgl0168894, cgl0201382, cgl0208550, cgl0235817, e 10251070, egl 0290474, cgl0325507, cgl0326287, cgl0407585, cgl0459672, cgl0472537, cgl0501210, cgl0514580, cgl0518439, cgl0573018, cgl0583266, cgl0601230, cgl0621420, eg 10624914, cgl0662975, cgl0703784, egl 0716444, cgl0759025, cgl0766585, cgl0859114, cgl0866445, egl 0874644, cgl0878114, cgl0882522, cgl0884112, cgl0949164, eg 10961323, eg 10977392, cgl0996589, egl 1020001, egl 1031278, egl 1052535, eg 11104177, egl 1113469, egl 1120021, egl 1130780, egl 1149163, egl 1240908, egl 1241278, egl 1270070, egl 1290628, cgl l338041, egl 1341981, egl 1362848, egl 1400286, egl 1408477, egl 1409205, egl 1415498, egl 1426563, egl 1479653, egl 1532431, egl 1540692, egl 1620909, egl 1624211, egl 1640253, egl 1649376, egl 1671400, egl 1691908, egl 1725835, egl 1735780, egl 1737758, egl 1749817, egl 1752250, egl 1765003, egl 1777043, egl 1793132, egl 1801086, egl 1804239, egl 1819402, egl 1824202, egl 1833003, egl 1844835, egl 19211 11, egl 1935615, egl 1951427, egl 1971423, egl 1976052, cgl2016314, cgl2016809, cgl2018436, cgl2030941, cgl2038299, cgl2050358, cgl2100785, cgl2112853, cgl2135976, cgl2145721, cgl2146151, cgl2151545, cgl2158389, cgl2159504, cgl2168623, cgl2170419, cgl2195980, cgl2242038, cgl2272488, cgl2282371, eg 12307092, cgl2347617, cgl2364808, cgl2378187, cgl2394821, cgl2416359, cgl2434362, cgl2463857, cgl2518665, cgl2538421, cgl2560256, cgl2569593, cgl2586992, cgl2606517, cgl2615235, cgl2637448, cgl2655260, cgl2662084, cgl2743638, cgl2744031, cgl2797254, cgl2853426, cgl2935715, cgl2941754, cgl2978573, cgl2986327, cgl3017801, cgl3055484, cgl3073141, cgl3083251, cgl3087259, cgl3099106, cgl3154925, cgl3167828, cgl3169967, cgl3176778, cgl3188098, cgl3206721, cgl3224583, cgl3229291, cgl3234653, cgl3257436, cgl3295463, cgl3298859, cgl3312094, cgl3340220, cgl3343932, cgl3367272, cgl3369416, cgl3372562, cgl3393601, cgl3399544, cgl3431929, cgl3473880, cgl3507563, cgl3543436, cgl3545297, cgl3563074, cgl3609948, cgl3671730, eg 13672444, cgl3676215, cgl3690812, cgl3697829, eg 13702196, cgl3714975, cgl3719443, cgl3742305, egl 3779009, cgl3814747, cgl3897675, cgl3914486, cgl3941682, cgl3959647, cgl3979305, cgl3987110, cgl4030785, eg 14047961, cgl4117377, cgl4118991, cgl4157578, cgl4167430, cgl4172633, cgl4175748, eg 14209041, cgl4224028, cgl4234520, cgl4251509, cgl4252140, cgl4257435, cgl4262357, cgl4264125, cgl4280181, cgl4339287, cgl4354398, cgl4384748, cgl4391737, eg 14413904, cgl4441271, eg 14442890, cgl4484844, cgl4534474, cgl4615491, cgl4639293, egl 4640588, cg!4675598, egl 4688662, cg!4708893, cgl4710896, cg!4738170, cgl4751023,cgl4781394, eg 14794281, cgl4801398, cgl4837598, cgl4850945, cgl4873958, cgl4920334, cgl4942542, cgl4962363, cgl4975009, cgl4994914, cgl5033140, cgl5047582, egl 5059204, egl 5109292, cgl5128785, cgl5141757, cgl5143202, cgl5175143, cgl5179011, cgl5194100, cgl5208687, cgl5223345, egl 5234627, egl 5246131, cgl5288815, cgl5318748, cgl5374686, cgl5391651, cgl5405515, cgl5418593, cgl5436354, cgl5467112, cgl5471501, cgl5480367, cgl5498435, eg 15506060, egl 5575700, egl 5592143, egl 5603964, egl 5625940, egl 5690995, egl 5709989, cgl5710198, cgl5720821, cgl5733713, cgl5821589, egl 5827092, cgl5837235, cgl5885703, cgl5909933, eg 15961042, cgl5968648, egl 5994304, cgl6014202, cgl6014412, cgl6026114, cgl6070035, cgl6084969, cgl6097191, cgl6141165, cgl6195970, cgl6198075, eg 16211224, cgl6240781, cgl6306900, cgl6314089, cgl6369168, cgl6408865, cgl6430267, cgl6488565, cgl6489878, cgl6517790, cgl6529483, cgl6551483, cgl6569522, cgl6570202, egl 6649588, cg!6661213, egl 6679001, cg!6733203, egl 6736896, egl 6769369, egl 6795184, egl 6842060, cgl6861968, cgl6882373, cgl6891431, cgl6908208, cgl6969368, cgl6979095, cgl6987876, cgl6994082, eg 17017746, egl 7030092, egl 7050472, eg 17077421, cgl7107501, cgl7117243, cgl7120358, cgl7129809, cgl7133012, cgl7148219, eg 17210497, cgl7219432, egl 7225923, cgl7232357, cgl7251114, cgl7275047, cgl7408993, cgl7435901, egl 7464298, eg 17464436, cgl7465569, eg 17476910, cgl7485717, cgl7514701, cgl7569235, cgl7576228, cgl7591595, cgl7652174, cgl7660663, cgl7665268, cgl7691612, cgl7695543, cgl7699330, eg 17761940, egl 7786697, cgl7825846, cgl7872672, cgl7885794, cgl7944885, cgl7945419, eg 17967443, cgl7979595, cgl7981101, cgl7988830, cgl8014413, cgl8023598, cgl8031708, cgl8031880, cgl8071894, cgl8133309, cgl8181703, cgl8190506, cgl8251449, egl 8262201, eg 18319024, cgl8380497, cgl8398019, cgl8425341, cgl8516816, cgl8587063, cgl8597252, cgl8598029, egl 8604560, cgl8669861, egl 8699242, cgl8740583, cgl8771034, cgl8784500, cgl8795169, cgl8817318, egl 8822243, cgl8856359, cgl8859711, cgl8882407, cgl8885210, egl 8976649, eg 19006431, cgl9009870, cgl9058685, cgl9089073, cgl9091784, cgl9172278, egl 9182279, eg 19224645, cgl9225755, cgl9266329, cgl9284211, cgl9296509, cgl9297245, cgl9302996, cgl9304797, cgl9308663, cgl9320294, cgl9380156, cgl9474865, cgl9536401, cgl9548511, cgl9558933, eg 19604384, cgl9611570, cgl9635897, cgl9636673, cgl9652271, cgl9665696, cgl9693031, cgl9726712, cgl9730248, cgl9774733, cgl9800670, cgl9822434, cgl9859910, eg 19909400, cgl9935065, egl 9941446, egl 9977924, eg 19992304, cg20004147, cg20025086, cg20037601, cg20059597, cg20119148, cg20128319, cg20143092, cg20155714,cg20162239, cg20185773, cg20192259, cg20207443, cg20217702, cg20244340, cg20249402, cg20270599, cg20272789, cg20282550, cg20299697, cg20348196, cg20351734, cg20353489, cg20370296, cg20376953, cg20432211, cg20442128, cg20446824, cg20515136, cg20534585, cg20587151, cg20594802, cg20596493, cg20597382, cg20597477, cg20601028, cg20623853, cg20628696, cg20656525, cg20663241, cg20668177, cg20675702, cg20720208, cg20737582, cg20773320, cg20802942, cg20865054, cg20874261, cg20891771, cg20907051, cg20914958, cg20918218, cg20921972, cg20972814, cg20973476, cg21000454, cg21077074, cg21082913, cg21112943, cg21123355, cg21124655, cg21132686, cg21136789, cg21185661, cg21204522, cg21232671, cg21253043, cg21259215, cg21305555, cg21306240, cg21312434, cg21314942, cg21321148, cg21346818, cg21356998, cg21410629, cg21447975, cg21455901, cg21489638, cg21533743, cg21566642, cg21622536, cg21628390, cg21640508, cg21658235, cg21693883, cg21717369, cg21723004, cg21725954, cg21730080, cg21733098, cg21739934, cg21761881, cg21783047, cg21791657, cg21824343, cg21834645, cg21870393, cg21907521, cg21934504, cg21947254, cg21962907, cg21985831, cg21986679, cg21998324, cg22002034, cg22019884, cg22022821, cg22023206, cg22041417, cg22061523, cg22061769, cg22069247, cg22171714, cg22178367, cg22200330, cg22220710, cg22232492, cg22243260, cg22282672, cg22322653, cg22339775, cg22344631, cg22356226, cg22363327, cg22416596, cg22434421, cg22442430, cg22454769, cg22556008, cg22563987, cg22581353, cg22594985, cg22691256, cg22711187, cg22719651, cg22729726, cg22736354, cg22792461, cg22822140, cg22822803, cg22945467, cg22956922, cg22993154, cg23059366, cg23063236, cg23080422, cg23192918, cg23196035, cg23234847, cg23235141, cg23248055, cg23265105, cg23276290, cg23302570, cg23313424, cg23366493, cg23371851, cg23378546, cg23410824, cg23424407, cg23447131, cg23465508, cg23486701, cg23500537, cg23547619, cg23549902, cg23561053, cg23570968, cg23574427, cg23586821, cg23615892, cg23643435, cg23793194, cg23838503, cg23879118, cg23883522, cg23894058, cg23910413, cg23923562, cg23956385, cg23964820, cg24003560, cg24027965, cg24055030, cg24055461, cg24112628, cg24141036, cg24185013, cg24220948, cg24236938, cg24241488, cg24262996, cg24266506, cg24293344, cg24317857, cg24337318, cg24354818, cg24362016, cg24365657, cg24372256, cg24392971, cg24397183, cg24432675, cg24463073, cg24468603, cg24492140, cg24507955, cg24520070, cg24523415, cg24530234, cg24543255, cg24577941, cg24589102, cg24601404, cg24674445, cg24678611, cg24697099, cg24721873, cg24769628, cg24796651, cg24799795, cg24835295, cg24920358, cg24925701, cg24967099,cg24976744, cg24982343, cg24997750, cg25047618, cg25063538, cg25114611, cg25146575, cg25148589, cg25156198, cg25161899, cg25181997, cg25189904, cg25202593, cg25259149, cg25259707, cg25330725, cg25331593, cg25361850, cg25375711, cg25397922, cg25418001, cg25418670, cg25420482, cg25420747, cg25436217, cg25499552, cg25504214, cg25560772, cg25563198, cg25569590, cg25623035, cg25638549, cg25639566, cg25670171, cg25671708, cg25703588, cg25717260, cg25738786, cg25745729, cg25784308, cg25786980, cg25843115, cg25843873, cg25903319, cg25916759, cg25927838, cg25928819, cg25943804, cg25945293, cg25952581, cg25952596, cg26029902, cg26044490, cg26071551, cg26093148, cg26116542, cg26116556, cg26156626, cg26229024, cg26239485, cg26267310, cg26276120, cg26301353, cg26314853, cg26315261, cg26441486, cg26442630, cg26443646, cg26479667, cg26499822, cg26500093, cg26501477, cg26528000, cg26544857, cg26577320, cg26599630, cg26606789, cg26676765, cg26691434, cg26702770, cg26760942, cg26764761, cg26767387, cg26805839, cg26818257, cg26839512, cg26883048, cg26962439, cg26992381, cg27021634, cg27066201, cg27079776, cg27127090, cg27128734, cg27130665, cg27131142, cg27152890, cg27154679, cg27154725, cg27208536, cg27229100, cg27245649, cg27256066, cg27296119, cg27315314, cg27336261, cg27348423, cg27354537, cg27357902, cg27368039, cg27374247, cg27395675, cg27449200, cg27454650, cg27461310, cg27488658, cg27498980, cg27500647, cg27553457, cg27589058, cg27632248.

[0005] The number of CG loci observed from the indicated group of CG loci may vary from embodiment to embodiment of the method. Thus, the plurality of CG loci may be any number between 2 CG loci and 1,352 (all) of the CG loci of the indicated group.

[0006] The method may include amplifying the genomic DNA of the blood or saliva specimen by a polymerase chain reaction.

[0007] The observing of the unmethylated CG loci, in the genomic DNA of the human subject may include hybridizing the genomic DNA to a beadchip to create a genomic DNA hybridized beadchip and then imaging the genomic DNA hybridized beadchip.

[0008] The method may include using a regression algorithm to correlate the unmethylated CG loci observed in (b) with the unmethylated GC loci observed in the reference group of human individuals.

[0009] The method may include performing, by computing device, a penalized regression model to create the regression algorithm of CpGs with relative weights wherein a methylation risk score (MRS) is defined by linear combination of m CpG site beta values c and weights w where: MRS=2i=lmwici.DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0010] A method for predicting the health of a human subject includes the steps of(a) obtaining genomic DNA from a blood or saliva specimen of the human subject;(b) observing unmethylated CG loci, in the genomic DNA of the human subject, wherein said observing includes performing a bisulfite conversion process on the genomic DNA of the human subject so that cytosine residues in the genomic DNA of the human subject are transformed to uracil, while 5-methylcytosine residues in the genomic DNA of the human subject are not transformed to uracil;(c) comparing the unmethylated CG loci observed in (b) to unmethylated CG loci observed in genomic DNA collected from a reference group of human individuals; and(d) correlating the unmethylated CG loci observed in (b) with the unmethylated CG loci observed in the reference group of human individuals to predict health of the human subject wherein the CG loci are a plurality of CG loci selected from a group consisting of: cg00011943, cg00014020, cg00056433, cg00067133, cg00071360, cg00074145, cg00080105, cg00120123, cg00122614, cg00153759, cg00177243, cg00178119, cg00182994, cg00209129, cg00215550, cg00217225, cg00236988, cg00237714, cg00243480, cg00251125, cg00262132, cg00275686, cg00278547, cg00283022, cg00303773, cg00322993, cg00342468, cg00358895, cg00458337, cg00465312, cg00481382, cg00530438, cg00538458, cg00548856, cg00593298, cg00594167, cg00602326, cg00615271, cg00631329, cg00639633, cg00646555, cg00687674, cg00687962, cg00698355, cg00712841, cg00737155, cg00748449, cg00756943, cg00767058, cg00800095, cg00815399, cg00910115, cg00935026, cg00935421, cg00964035, cg00973876, cg00993310, cg01020263, cg01025883, cg01067216, cg01089474, cg01094440, cg01098936, cgOl 113710, cgOl 134012, cgOl 166985, cgOl 169463, cgOl 178063, cg01224520, cg01243823, cg01253289, cg01266159, cg01271129, cg01274656, cg01282852, cg01313513, cg01320510, cg01346718, cg01377932, cg01380346, cg01402735, cg01410359, cg01446515, cg01457077, cg01541424, cg01545493, cg01549940, cg01579765, cg01586635, cg01606057, cg01610915,cg01645869, cgO 1652244, cgO 1660630, cg01715525, cgO 1770232, cgOl 809675, cgO 1824466, cgO 1826979, cgO 1844642, cgO 1849284, cg01857379, cg01858517, cgO1865937, cgO 1892689, cgO 1893681, cgO 1894498, cgO 1929138, cgO 1930417, cgO 1956293, cg02001279, cg02007867, cg02042600, cg02048674, cg02055264, cg02056921, cg02058108, cg02081263, cg020841 18, cg02084211, cg02094681, cg02106682, cg02132714, cg02217269, cg02246605, cg02310386, cgO2339455, cg02345572, cgO2371935, cg02380750, cg02390624, cg02415029, cg02426324, cg02444928, cg02447542, cg02471378, cg02474731, cg02489377, cg02500990, cg02509300, cg02524236, cg02534780, cg02605776, cg02613370, cg02618485, cg02643782, cg02672830, cg02675560, cg02720346, cg02721394, cg02731293, cg02740457, cg02762363, cg02768694, cg02798801, cg02867402, cg02909068, cg02942382, cg02981003, cg02987388, cgO 3007462, cg03031520, cg03044367, cgO 3082247, cgO3137472, cgO 3138091, cgO3139710, cg03240800, cg03245912, cg03261737, cg03328727, cg03340356, cg03340754, cg03356492, cg03357219, cg03368099, cg03400443, cg03401077, cg03417454, cg03423767, cg03441242, cg03443888, cgO3458265, cg03463465, cg03474430, cg03514545, cg03517760, cg03546163, cgO3549506, cgO3549779, cgO355O384, cgO3558379, cg03587144, cg03593336, cg03605735, cg03626541, cgO3636183, cgO3644691, cg03650179, cg03654623, cg03676636, cg03707183, cg03732728, cgO3741185, cg03741498, cg03743982, cg03760060, cg03772253, cg03785619, cg03796580, cgO38O7316, cgO3834947, cg03839794, cgO3858365, cg03874914, cgO3876766, cgO3877420, cgO 3926921, cg03935495, cg03945604, cg03989967, cg04030486, cg04045009, cg04046848, cg04060356, cg04064054, cg04079779, cg04083076, cg041 14590, cg04115418, cg04137003, cg04139465, cg04148839, cg04156293, cg04161236, cg04162034, cg04172953, cg04181107, cg04204356, cg04206342, cg04213565, cg04214966, cg04225172, cg04227949, cg04230438, cg04235071, cg04241623, cg04276953, cg04285652, cg04322572, cg04393397, cg04398451, cg04411086, cg04436120, cg04439218, cg04444415, cg04460372, cg04480106, cg04484376, cg04545003, cg04567124, cg04584675, cg04595658, cg04615668, cg04707706, cg04733838, cg04742282, cg04757168, cg04768425, cg04781339, cg04789125, cg04799410, cg04836038, cg04846343, cg04847826, cg04859706, cg04875128, cg04885881, cg04902443, cg04907325, cg04980928, cg05021355, cg05024939, cg05067995, cgO5169665, cgO5185749, cgO5187965, cgO5196720, cg05201093, cg05230392, cg05236757, cg05239544, cgO5258736, cg05270922, cg05280814, cg05298224, cgO5331789, cg05338009, cg05352464, cgO5380920, cg05399221, cgO5418947, cg05422344, cg05423392, cg05426134, cg05442477, cg05481257, cg05485520,cg05498943, cg05506600, cgO5517880, cg05551469, cg05575921, cg05616010, cg05635388, cg05666515, cg05669298, cg05671603, cg05676441, cg05679108, cg05715050, cg05720678, cg05721485, cg05726118, cg05729185, cg05777089, cg05786053, cg05802075, cg05820243, cg05828191, cg05830220, cg05845765, cg05901141, cg05910038, cg05913921, cg05941525, cg05951558, cg05987787, cg05989533, cg06001484, cg06030695, cg06047828, cg06062604, cg06068545, cg06072257, cg06083423, cg06159131, cg06169746, cg06213468, cg06232874, cg06251791, cg06279632, cg06295952, cg06319999, cg06335143, cg06374715, cg06401979, cg06429010, cg06454296, cg06478823, cg06519334, cg06535156, cg06572713, cg06572849, cg06580943, cg06602086, cg06604227, cg06610988, cg06621358, cg06630425, cg06639320, cg06642354, cg06645033, cg06660395, cg06665890, cg06667732, cg06672424, cg06675893, cg06679261, cg06683719, cg06692384, cg06696596, cg06753303, cg06784991, cg06789517, cg06812822, cg06870213, cg06874063, cg06878994, cg06888566, cg06926961, cg06958563, cg06975196, cg06984463, cg06997226, cg07015424, cg07023764, cg07057549, cg07076816, cg07097098, cg07151966, cg07193470, cg07196593, cg07202981, cg07304986, cg07323488, cg07351787, cg07363137, cg07365979, cg07393369, cg07404706, cg07426101, cg07434188, cg07462861, cg07529122, cg07541744, cg07558704, cg07569063, cg07601816, cg07613945, cg07620230, cg07624842, cg07629158, cg07640648, cg07643355, cg07668501, cg07672814, cg07674095, cg07675998, cg07692435, cg07702236, cg07714289, cg07768696, cg07778205, cg07828121, cg07855914, cg07871442, cg07871717, cg07899016, cg07951728, cg08075719, cg08094551, cg08103988, cg08113373, cg08125436, cg08126148, cg08132054, cg08173263, cg08182270, cg08259413, cg08281455, cg08284801, cg08312389, cg08335107, cg08342619, cg08350092, cg08369164, cg08375139, cg08421807, cg08424491, cg08439752, cg08443038, cg08506743, cgO85 1532, cg08573404, cg08609249, cg08640901, cgO868458O, cg08709765, cg08743947, cg08750459, cg08762603, cg08772194, cg08812936, cg08830214, cg08856764, cg08885224, cg08893036, cg08968830, cg08992229, cg09082985, cg09087222, cg09087669, cg09094866, cg09103812, cg09129997, cg09146197, cg09167379, cgO9169335, cg09191731, cg09196193, cg09211372, cg09228052, cg09267188, cg09313734, cgO9317728, cg09365138, cg09391799, cg09422291, cg09428537, cg09434029, cg09435875, cg09450907, cg09463001, cg09507782, cg09536390, cg09554406, cg09576223, cg09601629, cg09621460, cg09681594, cg09702859, cg09703048, cg09716613, cg09717927, cg09717936, cg09788524, cg09823288, cg09823713, cg09831942, cg09842685, cg09862733, cg09868598, cg09874992, cg09931939,cg09963257, cg09969145, cg09977126, cg09993780, cgl0043414, cgl0060499, eglOl 16893, cgl0123377, cgl0127085, cgl0133386, cgl0157184, cgl0168894, e 10201382, cgl0208550, cgl0235817, eg 10251070, eg 10290474, cgl0325507, cgl0326287, cgl0407585, cgl0459672, cgl0472537, cgl0501210, cgl0514580, cgl0518439, cgl0573018, cgl0583266, cgl0601230, cgl0621420, eg 10624914, cgl0662975, cgl0703784, eg 10716444, cgl0759025, cgl0766585, cgl0859114, cgl0866445, eg 10874644, cgl0878114, egl 0882522, cgl0884112, egl 0949164, cgl0961323, eg 10977392, cgl0996589, egl 1020001, egl 1031278, egl 1052535, egl 1104177, egl 1113469, egl 1120021, egl 1130780, cgl l l49163, egl 1240908, egl 1241278, egl 1270070, egl 1290628, egl 1338041, egl 1341981, egl 1362848, egl 1400286, egl 1408477, egl 1409205, egl 1415498, egl 1426563, egl 1479653, cgl l532431, egl 1540692, egl 1620909, egl 1624211, egl 1640253, egl 1649376, egl 1671400, egl 1691908, egl 1725835, egl 1735780, egl 1737758, egl 1749817, egl 1752250, egl 1765003, egl 1777043, egl 1793132, egl 1801086, egl 1804239, egl 1819402, egl 1824202, egl 1833003, cgl l844835, egl 1921111, cgl l935615, egl 1951427, egl 1971423, egl 1976052, cgl2016314, cgl2016809, cgl2018436, cgl2030941, cgl2038299, cgl2050358, cgl2100785, cgl2112853, cgl2135976, cgl2145721, cgl2146151, cgl2151545, cgl2158389, cgl2159504, cgl2168623, cgl2170419, cgl2195980, cgl2242038, cgl2272488, cgl2282371, eg 12307092, cgl2347617, cgl2364808, cgl2378187, cgl2394821, cgl2416359, cgl2434362, cgl2463857, cgl2518665, cgl2538421, cgl2560256, cgl2569593, cgl2586992, cgl2606517, cgl2615235, cgl2637448, cgl2655260, cgl2662084, cgl2743638, cgl2744031, cgl2797254, cgl2853426, cgl2935715, cgl2941754, cgl2978573, cgl2986327, cgl3017801, cgl3055484, cgl3073141, cgl3083251, cgl3087259, cgl3099106, cgl3154925, cgl3167828, cgl3169967, cgl3176778, cgl3188098, cgl3206721, cgl3224583, cgl3229291, cgl3234653, cgl3257436, cgl3295463, cgl3298859, cgl3312094, cgl3340220, cgl3343932, cgl3367272, cgl3369416, cgl3372562, cgl3393601, cgl3399544, cgl3431929, cgl3473880, cgl3507563, cgl3543436, cgl3545297, cgl3563074, cgl3609948, cgl3671730, eg 13672444, cgl3676215, cgl3690812, cgl3697829, cgl3702196, cgl3714975, cgl3719443, cgl3742305, cgl3779009, cgl3814747, cgl3897675, cgl3914486, cgl3941682, cgl3959647, cgl3979305, cgl3987110, cgl4030785, eg 14047961, cgl4117377, cgl4118991, cgl4157578, cgl4167430, cgl4172633, cgl4175748, eg 14209041, cgl4224028, cgl4234520, cgl4251509, cgl4252140, cgl4257435, eg 14262357, cgl4264125, cgl4280181, cgl4339287, cgl4354398, cgl4384748, cgl4391737, eg 14413904, cg!4441271, egl 4442890, egl 4484844, egl 4534474, cg!4615491, cgl4639293,cgl4640588, cgl4675598, cgl4688662, cgl4708893, cgl4710896, cgl4738170, cgl4751023, cgl4781394, cgl4794281, cgl4801398, cgl4837598, cgl4850945, cgl4873958, cgl4920334, cgl4942542, cgl4962363, cgl4975009, cgl4994914, cgl5033140, cgl5047582, cgl 5059204, cgl 5109292, cgl5128785, cgl5141757, cgl 5143202, cgl5175143, cgl5179011, cgl 5194100, cgl5208687, cgl5223345, cgl 5234627, cgl5246131, cgl5288815, cgl5318748, cgl5374686, cgl5391651, cgl 5405515, cgl5418593, cg!5436354, cgl 5467112, cg!5471501, cgl 5480367, cgl5498435, cgl5506060, cgl5575700, cgl5592143, cgl 5603964, cgl 5625940, cgl5690995, cgl 5709989, cgl5710198, cgl5720821, cgl5733713, cgl5821589, cgl5827092, cgl5837235, cgl5885703, cgl5909933, cgl5961042, cgl5968648, cgl 5994304, eg 16014202, cgl6014412, cgl6026114, cgl6070035, cgl 6084969, cgl6097191, cgl6141165, cgl6195970, cgl6198075, eg 16211224, cgl6240781, cgl6306900, cgl6314089, cgl6369168, cgl6408865, cgl6430267, cgl6488565, cgl 6489878, cgl 6517790, cgl 6529483, cgl6551483, cgl 6569522, cgl 6570202, cgl6649588, cgl6661213, cgl 6679001, cgl6733203, cgl6736896, cgl6769369, cgl6795184, cgl6842060, cgl6861968, cgl6882373, cgl6891431, cgl6908208, cgl6969368, cgl6979095, cgl6987876, cgl6994082, cgl7017746, cgl7030092, cgl 7050472, eg 17077421, cgl7107501, cgl7117243, cgl7120358, cgl7129809, cgl7133012, cgl7148219, eg 17210497, cgl 7219432, cgl7225923, cgl7232357, cgl7251114, cgl 7275047, cgl7408993, cgl7435901, cgl 7464298,cg17464436, cgl7465569, cgl 7476910, cgl7485717, cgl7514701, cgl7569235, cgl7576228, cgl7591595, cgl7652174, cgl 7660663, cgl7665268, cgl7691612, cgl7695543, cgl7699330, eg 17761940, cgl7786697, cgl7825846, cgl 7872672, cgl7885794, cgl7944885, cgl7945419, cgl7967443, cgl7979595, cgl7981101, cgl7988830, cgl8014413, cgl8023598, cgl8031708, cgl8031880, cgl8071894, cgl8133309, cgl8181703, cgl8190506, cgl 8251449, cgl 8262201, cgl 8319024, cgl8380497, cgl8398019, cgl8425341, cgl8516816, cgl8587063, cgl8597252, cgl 8598029, cgl 8604560, cgl8669861, cgl 8699242, cgl8740583, cgl8771034, cgl8784500, cgl8795169, cgl8817318, cgl 8822243, cgl8856359, cgl8859711, cgl8882407, cgl8885210, cgl 8976649, eg 19006431, cgl 9009870, cgl9058685, cgl9089073, cgl9091784, cgl9172278, cgl 9182279, eg 19224645, cgl9225755, cgl9266329, cgl9284211, cgl9296509, cgl9297245, cgl9302996, eg 19304797, cgl9308663, cgl9320294, cgl9380156, cgl9474865, cgl9536401, cgl9548511, cgl9558933, cgl9604384, cgl9611570, cgl9635897, cgl9636673, cgl9652271, cgl9665696, cgl9693031, cgl9726712, cgl9730248, cgl9774733, cgl9800670, cgl9822434, cgl 9859910, cgl 9909400, cgl 9935065, cgl 9941446, cgl 9977924, cgl 9992304, cg20004147,cg20025086, cg20037601, cg20059597, cg20119148, cg20128319, cg20143092, cg20155714, cg20162239, cg20185773, cg20192259, cg20207443, cg20217702, cg20244340, cg20249402, cg20270599, cg20272789, cg20282550, cg20299697, cg20348196, cg20351734, cg20353489, cg20370296, cg20376953, cg20432211, cg20442128, cg20446824, cg20515136, cg20534585, cg20587151, cg20594802, cg20596493, cg20597382, cg20597477, cg20601028, cg20623853, cg20628696, cg20656525, cg20663241, cg20668177, cg20675702, cg20720208, cg20737582, cg20773320, cg20802942, cg20865054, cg20874261, cg20891771, cg20907051, cg20914958, cg20918218, cg20921972, cg20972814, cg20973476, cg21000454, cg21077074, cg21082913, cg21112943, cg21123355, cg21124655, cg21132686, cg21136789, cg21185661, cg21204522, cg21232671, cg21253043, cg21259215, cg21305555, cg21306240, cg21312434, cg21314942, cg21321148, cg21346818, cg21356998, cg21410629, cg21447975, cg21455901, cg21489638, cg21533743, cg21566642, cg21622536, cg21628390, cg21640508, cg21658235, cg21693883, cg21717369, cg21723004, cg21725954, cg21730080, cg21733098, cg21739934, cg21761881, cg21783047, cg21791657, cg21824343, cg21834645, cg21870393, cg21907521, cg21934504, cg21947254, cg21962907, cg21985831, cg21986679, cg21998324, cg22002034, cg22019884, cg22022821, cg22023206, cg22041417, cg22061523, cg22061769, cg22069247, cg22171714, cg22178367, cg22200330, cg22220710, cg22232492, cg22243260, cg22282672, cg22322653, cg22339775, cg22344631, cg22356226, cg22363327, cg22416596, cg22434421, cg22442430, cg22454769, cg22556008, cg22563987, cg22581353, cg22594985, cg22691256, cg22711187, cg22719651, cg22729726, cg22736354, cg22792461, cg22822140, cg22822803, cg22945467, cg22956922, cg22993154, cg23059366, cg23063236, cg23080422, cg23192918, cg23196035, cg23234847, cg23235141, cg23248055, cg23265105, cg23276290, cg23302570, cg23313424, cg23366493, cg23371851, cg23378546, cg23410824, cg23424407, cg23447131, cg23465508, cg23486701, cg23500537, cg23547619, cg23549902, cg23561053, cg23570968, cg23574427, cg23586821, cg23615892, cg23643435, cg23793194, cg23838503, cg23879118, cg23883522, cg23894058, cg23910413, cg23923562, cg23956385, cg23964820, cg24003560, cg24027965, cg24055030, cg24055461, cg24112628, cg24141036, cg24185013, cg24220948, cg24236938, cg24241488, cg24262996, cg24266506, cg24293344, cg24317857, cg24337318, cg24354818, cg24362016, cg24365657, cg24372256, cg24392971, cg24397183, cg24432675, cg24463073, cg24468603, cg24492140, cg24507955, cg24520070, cg24523415, cg24530234, cg24543255, cg24577941, cg24589102, cg24601404, cg24674445, cg24678611, cg24697099, cg24721873,cg24769628, cg24796651, cg24799795, cg24835295, cg24920358, cg24925701, cg24967099, cg24976744, cg24982343, cg24997750, cg25047618, cg25063538, cg25114611, cg25146575, cg25148589, cg25156198, cg25161899, cg25181997, cg25189904, cg25202593, cg25259149, cg25259707, cg25330725, cg25331593, cg25361850, cg25375711, cg25397922, cg25418001, cg25418670, cg25420482, cg25420747, cg25436217, cg25499552, cg25504214, cg25560772, cg25563198, cg25569590, cg25623035, cg25638549, cg25639566, cg25670171, cg25671708, cg25703588, cg25717260, cg25738786, cg25745729, cg25784308, cg25786980, cg25843115, cg25843873, cg25903319, cg25916759, cg25927838, cg25928819, cg25943804, cg25945293, cg25952581, cg25952596, cg26029902, cg26044490, cg26071551, cg26093148, cg26116542, cg26116556, cg26156626, cg26229024, cg26239485, cg26267310, cg26276120, cg26301353, cg26314853, cg26315261, cg26441486, cg26442630, cg26443646, cg26479667, cg26499822, cg26500093, cg26501477, cg26528000, cg26544857, cg26577320, cg26599630, cg26606789, cg26676765, cg26691434, cg26702770, cg26760942, cg26764761, cg26767387, cg26805839, cg26818257, cg26839512, cg26883048, cg26962439, cg26992381, cg27021634, cg27066201, cg27079776, cg27127090, cg27128734, cg27130665, cg27131142, cg27152890, cg27154679, cg27154725, cg27208536, cg27229100, cg27245649, cg27256066, cg27296119, cg27315314, cg27336261, cg27348423, cg27354537, cg27357902, cg27368039, cg27374247, cg27395675, cg27449200, cg27454650, cg27461310, cg27488658, cg27498980, cg27500647, cg27553457, cg27589058, cg27632248.

[0011] The absence of methylation at any of the above identified CG loci correlates with and is predictive of one or more of the following diseases, disorders or conditions: alcohol liver disease, allergic rhinitis, aortic aneurysm dissection, arterial embolism thrombosis, asthma, bladder cancer, breast cancer, bronchiectasis, cancer, cardiomyopathy, chronic bronchitis, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, chronic pulmonary heart disease, chronic viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, coin lesion lung disease, colon Rectum cancer, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary artery disease, cardiovascular disease (CVD) excluding stroke, depression, emphysema, hypertensive heart disease, interstitial lung disease, leukemia, liver cancer, lung cancer, melanoma, myocardial infraction, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), nonHodgkin lymphoma, other chronic hepatitis, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, peripheral vascular disease, prostate cancer, stomach cancer, stroke, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and uterine corpus cancer as verified by the genomic DNA collected from the reference group of individuals.

[0012] The number of CG loci observed from the indicated group of CG loci may vary from embodiment to embodiment of the method. Thus, the plurality of CG loci may be any number between 2 CG loci and 1,352 (all) of the CG loci of the indicated group. In one possible embodiment, a plurality of at least five CG loci are selected from the group. In another embodiment, at least ten CG loci are selected from the group. In another, at least 15 CG loci are selected from the group.

[0013] In yet another embodiment, a plurality of at least 25 CG loci are selected from the group. In another possible embodiment, a plurality of at least 50 CG loci are selected from the group. In another possible embodiment, a plurality of at least 75 CG loci are selected from the group. In another possible embodiment, a plurality of at least 100 CG loci are selected from the group. In another possible embodiment, a plurality of at least 150 CG loci are selected from the group.

[0014] In still another possible embodiment, a plurality of at least 200 CG loci are selected from the group. In another possible embodiment, a plurality of at least 250 CG loci are selected from the group. In another possible embodiment, a plurality of at least 500 CG loci are selected from the group. In another possible embodiment, a plurality of at least 1,000 CG loci are selected from the group. In yet another possible embodiment all 1,352 CG loci of the group are selected.

[0015] The bisulfite conversion process referenced in step (b) is known in the art. Kits useful for bisulfite conversion are commercially available from a number of manufacturers including Human Genetic Signatures' Methyleasy and Chemicon's CpGenome Modification Kit. See also, WO04096825A1, which describes bisulfite modification methods and Olek et al. Nuc. Acids Res. 24:5064-6 (1994), which discloses methods of performing bisulfite treatment and subsequent amplification.

[0016] The performing of the bisulfite conversion process may include the steps of amplifying the genomic DNA of the blood specimen by a polymerase chain reaction process, hybridizing the genomic DNA to a beadchip to create a genomic DNA hybridized beadchip, staining the genomic DNA hybridized beadchip and then imaging the genomic DNA hybridized beadchip.

[0017] The imaging of the genomic DNA hybridized beadchip may be performed using the Illumina EPIC850k array which provides for unambiguous CG loci identification for purposes of observing methylation at specific CG loci of the human DNA genome. Alternatively, other methods of epigenetic beta value collection may be used if desired.

[0018] The method also includes the step of using a regression algorithm to correlate the unmethylated CG loci observed in (b) with the unmethylated GC loci observed in the reference group of human individuals. This includes performing, by computing device, a penalized regression model to create the regression algorithm of CpGs with relative weights wherein a methylation risk score (MRS) is defined by linear combination of m CpG site beta values c and weights w where: MRS= i=lmwici. It should be appreciated that different relative weights may be assigned to the GC loci.

[0019] To ensure the methylation risk score added predictive value over commonly captured features (e.g., age and sex), we created a baseline predictive model that included patients’ age, sex, reference-based methylation cell-type composition estimates, self-reported race-ethnicity, selfreported smoking status, and the first ten genetic principal components. We fit the baseline model using a linear or logistic regression model depending on whether the outcome was continuous or binary. We compared the baseline model to models that included the baseline features as well as either methylation or genotype data. For the MRS, we used regression with LASSO, elastic net, and ridge regularization over the genomic features while treating the baseline features as fixed covariates. We fit all models using 10-fold double cross-validation, wherein each training set an additional cross-validation was performed for hyperparameter selection, then this training-set cross-validated model was used to predict the held-out test set. We tested for significance using an association test (via linear regression) between the cross-validated predicted outcome (i.e., the concatenated predictor across all folds) and the true outcome.

[0020] Still further, the method includes predicting proteomic and metabolomic data as surrogate biomarkers. For instance, we are using DNA methylation to predict things like C- Reactive protein which is a classical clinical marker. Toward this end, a plurality of known proteins and metabolites of medical interest for diagnosing alcohol liver disease, allergic rhinitis, aortic aneurysm dissection, arterial embolism thrombosis, asthma, bladder cancer, breast cancer,bronchiectasis, cancer, cardiomyopathy, chronic bronchitis, chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, chronic pulmonary heart disease, chronic viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, coin lesion lung disease, colon Rectum cancer, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary artery disease, cardiovascular disease (CVD) excluding stroke, depression, emphysema, hypertensive heart disease, interstitial lung disease, leukemia, liver cancer, lung cancer, melanoma, myocardial infraction, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), nonHodgkin lymphoma, other chronic hepatitis, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, peripheral vascular disease, prostate cancer, stomach cancer, stroke, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and uterine corpus cancer are initially used to construct a baseline CG loci reference matrix from a reference group of individuals with known health histories. The method is then used to predict the levels of those plurality of proteins and metabolites in the human subject by correlating the unmethylated CG loci observed in (b) with the unmethylated CG loci observed in the reference group of human individuals to predict disease risk or health of the human subject.

[0021] Each of the following terms written in singular grammatical form: “a”, “an”, and “the”, as used herein, means “at least one”, or “one or more”. Use of the phrase “One or more” herein does not alter this intended meaning of “a”, “an”, or “the”. Accordingly, the terms “a”, “an”, and “the”, as used herein, may also refer to, and encompass, a plurality of the stated entity or object, unless otherwise specifically defined or stated herein, or, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. For example, the phrase: “a protein”, as used herein, may also refer to, and encompass, a plurality of proteins.

[0022] Each of the following terms: “includes”, “including”, “has”, “having”, “comprises”, and “comprising”, and, their linguistic / grammatical variants, derivatives, or / and conjugates, as used herein, means “including, but not limited to”, and is to be taken as specifying the stated component(s), feature(s), characteristic(s), parameter(s), integer(s), or step(s), and does not preclude addition of one or more additional component(s), feature(s), characteristic(s), parameter(s), integer(s), step(s), or groups thereof.

[0023] The phrase “consisting of’, as used herein, is closed-ended and excludes any element, step, or ingredient not specifically mentioned. The phrase “consisting essentially of’, as usedherein, is a semi-closed term indicating that an item is limited to the components specified and those that do not materially affect the basic and novel characteristic(s) of what is specified.

[0024] Terms of approximation, such as the terms about, substantially, approximately, etc., as used herein, refers to ± 10 % of the stated numerical value.

[0025] Although the method of this disclosure have been illustratively described and presented by way of specific exemplary embodiments, and examples thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications, or / and variations, thereof, will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, it is intended that all such alternatives, modifications, or / and variations, fall within the spirit of, and are encompassed by, the broad scope of the appended claims.

Claims

What is Claimed:

1. A method, comprising:(a) obtaining genomic DNA from a blood or saliva specimen of a human subject;(b) observing unmethylated CG loci, in the genomic DNA of the human subject, wherein said observing includes performing a bisulfite conversion process on the genomic DNA of the human subject so that cytosine residues in the genomic DNA of the human subject are transformed to uracil, while 5-methylcytosine residues in the genomic DNA of the human subject are not transformed to uracil;(c) comparing the unmethylated CG loci observed in (b) to unmethylated CG loci observed in genomic DNA collected from a reference group of human individuals; and(d) correlating the unmethylated CG loci observed in (b) with the unmethylated CG loci observed in the reference group of human individuals to predict health of the human subject wherein the CG loci are a plurality of at least five CG loci selected from a group consisting of cgOOO 11943, cgOOO 14020, cg00056433, cg00067133, cg00071360, cg00074145, cg00080105, cgOO 120123, cgOO 122614, cg00153759, cg00177243, cgOO 178119, cgOO 182994, cg00209129, cg00215550, cg00217225, cg00236988, cg00237714, cg00243480, cg00251 125, cg00262132, cg00275686, cg00278547, cg00283022, cg00303773, cg00322993, cg00342468, cg00358895, cg00458337, cg00465312, cg00481382, cg00530438, cg00538458, cg00548856, cg00593298, cg00594167, cg00602326, cg00615271, cg00631329, cg00639633, cg00646555, cg00687674, cg00687962, cg00698355, cg00712841, cg00737155, cg00748449, cg00756943, cg00767058, cg00800095, cg00815399, cg009101 15, cg00935026, cg00935421, cg00964035, cg00973876, cg00993310, cg01020263, cg01025883, cg01067216, cgO 1089474, cgO 1094440, cgO 1098936, cgOl 113710, cgOl 134012, cgOl 166985, cgOl 169463, cgOl 178063, cg01224520, cg01243823, cg01253289, cg01266159, cgO 1271129, cgO 1274656, cg01282852, cg01313513, cg01320510, cg01346718, cg01377932, cg01380346, cg01402735, cg01410359, cg01446515, cg01457077, cg01541424, cg01545493, cgO 1549940, cgO 1579765, cg01586635, cg01606057, cg01610915, cg01645869, cg01652244, cg01660630, cg01715525, cg01770232, cg01809675, cg01824466, cgO 1826979, cgO 1844642, cg01849284, cg01857379, cg01858517, cg01865937, cg01892689, cg01893681, cg01894498, cg01929138, cg01930417, cg01956293, cg02001279, cg02007867, cg02042600, cg02048674, cg02055264, cg02056921, cg02058108, cg02081263, cg02084118, cg02084211, cg02094681, cg02106682, cg02132714, cg02217269, cg02246605, cg02310386,cg02339455, cg02345572, cg02371935, cg02380750, cg02390624, cg02415029, cg02426324, cg02444928, cg02447542, cg02471378, cg02474731, cg02489377, cg02500990, cg02509300, cg02524236, cg02534780, cg02605776, cg02613370, cg02618485, cg02643782, cg02672830, cg02675560, cg02720346, cg02721394, cg02731293, cg02740457, cg02762363, cg02768694, cg02798801, cg02867402, cg02909068, cg02942382, cg02981003, cg02987388, cg03007462, cg03031520, cg03044367, cg03082247, cg03137472, cg03138091, cg03139710, cg03240800, cg03245912, cg03261737, cg03328727, cg03340356, cg03340754, cg03356492, cg03357219, cg03368099, cg03400443, cg03401077, cg03417454, cg03423767, cg03441242, cg03443888, cg03458265, cg03463465, cg03474430, cg03514545, cg03517760, cg03546163, cg03549506, cg03549779, cgO355O384, cg03558379, cg03587144, cg03593336, cg03605735, cg03626541, cg03636183, cgO3644691, cg03650179, cg03654623, cg03676636, cg03707183, cg03732728, cg03741185, cg03741498, cg03743982, cg03760060, cg03772253, cg03785619, cg03796580, cg03807316, cgO3834947, cg03839794, cgO3858365, cg03874914, cg03876766, cg03877420, cg03926921, cg03935495, cg03945604, cg03989967, cg04030486, cg04045009, cg04046848, cg04060356, cg04064054, cg04079779, cg04083076, cg04114590, cg04115418, cg04137003, cg04139465, cg04148839, cg04156293, cg04161236, cg04162034, cg04172953, cg04181107, cg04204356, cg04206342, cg04213565, cg04214966, cg04225172, cg04227949, cg04230438, cg04235071, cg04241623, cg04276953, cg04285652, cg04322572, cg04393397, cg04398451, cg04411086, cg04436120, cg04439218, cg04444415, cg04460372, cg04480106, cg04484376, cg04545003, cg04567124, cg04584675, cg04595658, cg04615668, cg04707706, cg04733838, cg04742282, cg04757168, cg04768425, cg04781339, cg04789125, cg04799410, cg04836038, cg04846343, cg04847826, cg04859706, cg04875128, cg04885881, cg04902443, cg04907325, cg04980928, cg05021355, cg05024939, cg05067995, cg05169665, cg05185749, cg05187965, cg05196720, cg05201093, cg05230392, cg05236757, cg05239544, cg05258736, cg05270922, cg05280814, cg05298224, cg05331789, cg05338009, cg05352464, cg05380920, cg05399221, cg05418947, cg05422344, cg05423392, cg05426134, cg05442477, cg05481257, cg05485520, cg05498943, cg05506600, cg05517880, cg05551469, cg05575921, cg05616010, cg05635388, cg05666515, cg05669298, cg05671603, cg05676441, cg05679108, cg05715050, cg05720678, cg05721485, cg05726118, cg05729185, cg05777089, cg05786053, cg05802075, cg05820243, cg05828191, cg05830220, cg05845765, cg05901141, cg05910038, cg05913921, cg05941525, cg05951558, cg05987787, cg05989533, cg06001484, cg06030695, cg06047828, cg06062604,cg06068545, cg06072257, cg06083423, cg06159131, cg06169746, cg06213468, cg06232874, cg06251791, cg06279632, cg06295952, cg06319999, cg06335143, cg06374715, cg06401979, cg06429010, cg06454296, cg06478823, cg06519334, cg06535156, cg06572713, cg06572849, cg06580943, cg06602086, cg06604227, cg06610988, cg06621358, cg06630425, cg06639320, cg06642354, cg06645033, cg06660395, cg06665890, cg06667732, cg06672424, cg06675893, cg06679261, cg06683719, cg06692384, cg06696596, cg06753303, cg06784991, cg06789517, cg06812822, cg06870213, cg06874063, cg06878994, cg06888566, cg06926961, cg06958563, cg06975196, cg06984463, cg06997226, cg07015424, cg07023764, cg07057549, cg07076816, cg07097098, cg07151966, cg07193470, cg07196593, cg07202981, cg07304986, cg07323488, cg07351787, cg07363137, cg07365979, cg07393369, cg07404706, cg07426101, cg07434188, cg07462861, cg07529122, cg07541744, cg07558704, cg07569063, cg07601816, cg07613945, cg07620230, cg07624842, cg07629158, cg07640648, cg07643355, cg07668501 , cg07672814, cg07674095, cg07675998, cg07692435, cg07702236, cg07714289, cg07768696, cg07778205, cg07828121, cg07855914, cg07871442, cg07871717, cg07899016, cg07951728, cg08075719, cg08094551, cg08103988, cg08113373, cg08125436, cg08126148, cg08132054, cg08173263, cg08182270, cg08259413, cg08281455, cg08284801, cg08312389, cg08335107, cg08342619, cg08350092, cg08369164, cg08375139, cg08421807, cg08424491, cg08439752, cg08443038, cg08506743, cgO8551532, cg08573404, cg08609249, cg08640901, cg08684580, cg08709765, cg08743947, cg08750459, cg08762603, cg08772194, cg08812936, cg08830214, cg08856764, cg08885224, cg08893036, cg08968830, cg08992229, cg09082985, cg09087222, cg09087669, cg09094866, cg09103812, cg09129997, cg09146197, cg09167379, cg09169335, cg09191731, cg09196193, cg09211372, cg09228052, cg09267188, cg09313734, cg09317728, cg09365138, cg09391799, cg09422291, cg09428537, cg09434029, cg09435875, cg09450907, cg09463001, cg09507782, cg09536390, cg09554406, cg09576223, cg09601629, cg09621460, cg09681594, cg09702859, cg09703048, cg09716613, cg09717927, cg09717936, cg09788524, cg09823288, cg09823713, cg09831942, cg09842685, cg09862733, cg09868598, cg09874992, cg09931939, cg09963257, cg09969145, cg09977126, cg09993780, cgl0043414, cgl0060499, eglOl 16893, cgl0123377, cgl0127085, cgl0133386, cgl0157184, cgl0168894, cgl0201382, cgl0208550, cgl0235817, eg 10251070, egl 0290474, cgl0325507, cgl0326287, cgl0407585, cgl0459672, cgl0472537, cgl0501210, cgl0514580, cgl0518439, cgl0573018, cgl0583266, cgl0601230, egl 0621420, eg 10624914, egl 0662975, egl 0703784, egl 0716444, egl 0759025, egl 0766585,cgl0859114, cgl0866445, cgl0874644, cgl0878114, cgl0882522, cgl0884112, egl 0949164, cgl0961323, e 10977392, cgl0996589, egl 1020001, egl 1031278, cgl l052535, egl 1104177, egl 1113469, egl 1120021, egl 1130780, egl 1149163, egl 1240908, egl 1241278, egl 1270070, egl 1290628, cgl l338041, cgl l341981, egl 1362848, egl 1400286, egl 1408477, egl 1409205, egl 1415498, egl 1426563, egl 1479653, cgl l532431, egl 1540692, egl 1620909, egl 1624211, egl 1640253, egl 1649376, eg 11671400, egl 1691908, egl 1725835, egl 1735780, cgl l 737758, egl 1749817, egl 1752250, egl 1765003, egl 1777043, egl 1793132, egl 1801086, egl 1804239, egl 1819402, egl 1824202, egl 1833003, cgl l844835, egl 1921111, cgl l935615, egl 1951427, egl 1971423, egl 1976052, cgl2016314, cgl2016809, cgl2018436, cgl2030941, cgl2038299, cgl2050358, cgl2100785, cgl2112853, cgl2135976, cgl2145721, cgl2146151, cgl2151545, cgl2158389, cgl2159504, cgl2168623, cgl2170419, cgl2195980, eg 12242038, cgl2272488, cgl2282371, egl 2307092, cgl2347617, egl 2364808, cgl2378187, egl 2394821 , cgl2416359, cgl2434362, cgl2463857, cgl2518665, cgl2538421, cgl2560256, cgl2569593, cgl2586992, cgl2606517, cgl2615235, cgl2637448, cgl2655260, cgl2662084, cgl2743638, cgl2744031, cgl2797254, cgl2853426, cgl2935715, cgl2941754, cgl2978573, cgl2986327, cgl3017801, cgl3055484, cgl3073141, cgl3083251, cgl3087259, cgl3099106, cgl3154925, cgl3167828, cgl3169967, cgl3176778, cgl3188098, cgl3206721, cgl3224583, cgl3229291, cgl3234653, cgl3257436, cgl3295463, cgl3298859, cgl3312094, cgl3340220, cgl3343932, cgl3367272, cgl3369416, cgl3372562, cgl3393601, cgl3399544, cgl3431929, cgl3473880, cgl3507563, cgl3543436, cgl3545297, cgl3563074, cgl3609948, cgl3671730, eg 13672444, cgl3676215, cgl3690812, cgl3697829, cgl3702196, cgl3714975, egl 3719443, cgl3742305, cgl3779009, cgl3814747, cgl3897675, cgl3914486, cgl3941682, cgl3959647, cgl3979305, cgl3987110, cgl4030785, eg 14047961, cgl4117377, cgl4118991, cgl4157578, eg 14167430, cgl4172633, cgl4175748, eg 14209041, cgl4224028, cgl4234520, cgl4251509, cgl4252140, cgl4257435, cgl4262357, cgl4264125, cgl4280181, cgl4339287, cgl4354398, cgl4384748, cgl4391737, cgl4413904, cgl4441271, cgl4442890, cgl4484844, cgl4534474, cgl4615491, cgl4639293, cgl4640588, cgl4675598, cgl4688662, cgl4708893, cgl4710896, cgl4738170, cgl4751023, cgl4781394, eg 14794281, cgl4801398, cgl4837598, cgl4850945, cgl4873958, cgl4920334, cgl4942542, cgl4962363, cgl4975009, cgl4994914, cgl5033140, cgl5047582, egl 5059204, egl 5109292, cgl5128785, cgl5141757, cgl5143202, cgl5175143, cgl5179011, cgl5194100, egl 5208687, egl 5223345, egl 5234627, egl 5246131 , cgl 5288815, egl 5318748, egl 5374686,cgl5391651, cgl5405515, cgl5418593, cgl5436354, cgl5467112, cgl5471501, cgl5480367, cgl5498435, cgl5506060, cgl5575700, cgl5592143, egl 5603964, cgl5625940, cgl5690995, cgl5709989, cgl5710198, cgl5720821, cgl5733713, cgl5821589, egl 5827092, cgl5837235, cgl5885703, cgl5909933, eg 15961042, egl 5968648, egl 5994304, eg 16014202, cgl6014412, cgl6026114, cgl6070035, egl 6084969, cgl6097191, cgl6141165, cgl6195970, cgl6198075, eg 16211224, eg 16240781, cgl6306900, cgl6314089, cgl6369168, cgl6408865, eg 16430267, cgl6488565, cgl6489878, cgl6517790, cgl6529483, cgl6551483, cgl6569522, cgl6570202, cgl6649588, cgl6661213, cgl6679001, cgl6733203, cgl6736896, cgl6769369, cgl6795184, cgl6842060, cgl6861968, cgl6882373, cgl6891431, cgl6908208, cgl6969368, cgl6979095, cgl6987876, cgl6994082, cgl7017746, cgl7030092, egl 7050472, eg 17077421, cgl7107501, cgl7117243, cgl7120358, cgl7129809, cgl7133012, cgl7148219, eg 17210497, egl 7219432, egl 7225923, egl 7232357, egl 7251114, egl 7275047, egl 7408993, egl 7435901 , egl 7464298, cgl7464436, cgl7465569, egl 7476910, cgl7485717, cgl7514701, cgl7569235, cgl7576228, cgl7591595, cgl7652174, cgl7660663, cgl7665268, cgl7691612, cgl7695543, cgl7699330, egl 7761940, cgl7786697, cgl7825846, cgl7872672, cgl7885794, cgl7944885, cgl7945419, egl 7967443, cgl7979595, cgl7981101, cgl7988830, cgl8014413, cgl8023598, cgl8031708, cgl8031880, cgl8071894, cgl8133309, cgl8181703, egl 8190506, egl 8251449, egl 8262201, egl 8319024, cgl8380497, cgl8398019, cgl8425341, cgl8516816, cgl8587063, cgl8597252, cgl8598029, egl 8604560, cgl8669861, egl 8699242, cgl8740583, cgl8771034, cgl8784500, cgl8795169, cgl8817318, egl 8822243, cgl8856359, cgl8859711, cgl8882407, cgl8885210, egl 8976649, eg 19006431, egl 9009870, cgl9058685, cgl9089073, cgl9091784, cgl9172278, cgl9182279, eg 19224645, cgl9225755, cgl9266329, cgl9284211, cgl9296509, cgl9297245, cgl9302996, eg 19304797, cgl9308663, cgl9320294, cgl9380156, cgl9474865, cgl9536401, cgl9548511, cgl9558933, cgl9604384, cgl9611570, cgl9635897, cgl9636673, cgl9652271, cgl9665696, cgl9693031, eg 19726712, cgl9730248, cgl9774733, cgl9800670, cgl9822434, cgl9859910, eg 19909400, cgl9935065, egl 9941446, egl 9977924, cgl9992304, cg20004147, cg20025086, cg20037601, cg20059597, cg20119148, cg20128319, cg20143092, cg20155714, cg20162239, cg20185773, cg20192259, cg20207443, cg20217702, cg20244340, cg20249402, cg20270599, cg20272789, cg20282550, cg20299697, cg20348196, cg20351734, cg20353489, cg20370296, cg20376953, cg20432211, cg20442128, cg20446824, cg20515136, cg20534585, cg20587151, cg20594802, cg20596493, cg20597382, cg20597477, cg20601028, cg20623853,cg20628696, cg20656525, cg20663241, cg20668177, cg20675702, cg20720208, cg20737582, cg20773320, cg20802942, cg20865054, cg20874261, cg20891771, cg20907051, cg20914958, cg20918218, cg20921972, cg20972814, cg20973476, cg21000454, cg21077074, cg21082913, cg21112943, cg21123355, cg21124655, cg21132686, cg21136789, cg21185661, cg21204522, cg21232671, cg21253043, cg21259215, cg21305555, cg21306240, cg21312434, cg21314942, cg21321148, cg21346818, cg21356998, cg21410629, cg21447975, cg21455901, cg21489638, cg21533743, cg21566642, cg21622536, cg21628390, cg21640508, cg21658235, cg21693883, cg21717369, cg21723004, cg21725954, cg21730080, cg21733098, cg21739934, cg21761881, cg21783047, cg21791657, cg21824343, cg21834645, cg21870393, cg21907521, cg21934504, cg21947254, cg21962907, cg21985831, cg21986679, cg21998324, cg22002034, cg22019884, cg22022821, cg22023206, cg22041417, cg22061523, cg22061769, cg22069247, cg22171714, cg22178367, cg22200330, cg22220710, cg22232492, cg22243260, cg22282672, cg22322653, cg22339775, cg22344631, cg22356226, cg22363327, cg22416596, cg22434421, cg22442430, cg22454769, cg22556008, cg22563987, cg22581353, cg22594985, cg22691256, cg22711187, cg22719651, cg22729726, cg22736354, cg22792461, cg22822140, cg22822803, cg22945467, cg22956922, cg22993154, cg23059366, cg23063236, cg23080422, cg23192918, cg23196035, cg23234847, cg23235141, cg23248055, cg23265105, cg23276290, cg23302570, cg23313424, cg23366493, cg23371851, cg23378546, cg23410824, cg23424407, cg23447131, cg23465508, cg23486701, cg23500537, cg23547619, cg23549902, cg23561053, cg23570968, cg23574427, cg23586821, cg23615892, cg23643435, cg23793194, cg23838503, cg23879118, cg23883522, cg23894058, cg23910413, cg23923562, cg23956385, cg23964820, cg24003560, cg24027965, cg24055030, cg24055461, cg24112628, cg24141036, cg24185013, cg24220948, cg24236938, cg24241488, cg24262996, cg24266506, cg24293344, cg24317857, cg24337318, cg24354818, cg24362016, cg24365657, cg24372256, cg24392971, cg24397183, cg24432675, cg24463073, cg24468603, cg24492140, cg24507955, cg24520070, cg24523415, cg24530234, cg24543255, cg24577941, cg24589102, cg24601404, cg24674445, cg24678611, cg24697099, cg24721873, cg24769628, cg24796651, cg24799795, cg24835295, cg24920358, cg24925701, cg24967099, cg24976744, cg24982343, cg24997750, cg25047618, cg25063538, cg25114611, cg25146575, cg25148589, cg25156198, cg25161899, cg25181997, cg25189904, cg25202593, cg25259149, cg25259707, cg25330725, cg25331593, cg25361850, cg25375711, cg25397922, cg25418001, cg25418670, cg25420482, cg25420747, cg25436217, cg25499552, cg25504214, cg25560772,cg25563198, cg25569590, cg25623035, cg25638549, cg25639566, cg25670171, cg25671708, cg25703588, cg25717260, cg25738786, cg25745729, cg25784308, cg25786980, cg25843115, cg25843873, cg25903319, cg25916759, cg25927838, cg25928819, cg25943804, cg25945293, cg25952581, cg25952596, cg26029902, cg26044490, cg26071551, cg26093148, cg26116542, cg26116556, cg26156626, cg26229024, cg26239485, cg26267310, cg26276120, cg26301353, cg26314853, cg26315261, cg26441486, cg26442630, cg26443646, cg26479667, cg26499822, cg26500093, cg26501477, cg26528000, cg26544857, cg26577320, cg26599630, cg26606789, cg26676765, cg26691434, cg26702770, cg26760942, cg26764761, cg26767387, cg26805839, cg26818257, cg26839512, cg26883048, cg26962439, cg26992381, cg27021634, cg27066201, cg27079776, cg27127090, cg27128734, cg27130665, cg27131142, cg27152890, cg27154679, cg27154725, cg27208536, cg27229100, cg27245649, cg27256066, cg27296119, cg27315314, cg27336261, cg27348423, cg27354537, cg27357902, cg27368039, cg27374247, cg27395675, cg27449200, cg27454650, cg27461310, cg27488658, cg27498980, cg27500647, cg27553457, cg27589058, cg27632248.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of at least ten CG loci are selected from the group.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of at least 15 CG loci are selected from the group.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of at least 25 CG loci are selected from the group.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of at least 50 CG loci are selected from the group.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of at least 75 CG loci are selected from the group.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of at least 100 CG loci are selected from the group.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of at least 150 CG loci are selected from the group.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of at least 200 CG loci are selected from the group.10 The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of at least 250 CG loci are selected from the group.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of at least 500 CG loci are selected from the group.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of at least 1000 CG loci are selected from the group.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein all 1,352 CG loci are selected from the group.

14. The method of item 1, including amplifying the genomic DNA of the blood or saliva specimen by a polymerase chain reaction.

15. The method of item 14, wherein the observing of the unmethylated CG loci, in the genomic DNA of the human subject includes hybridizing the genomic DNA to a beadchip to create a genomic DNA hybridized beadchip and then imaging the genomic DNA hybridized beadchip.

17. The method of item 16, including using a regression algorithm to correlate the unmethylated CG loci observed in (b) with the unmethylated GC loci observed in the reference group of human individuals.

19. The method of claim 18, including performing, by computing device, a penalized regression model to create the regression algorithm of CpGs with relative weights wherein a methylation risk score (MRS) is defined by linear combination of m CpG site beta values c and weights w where: MRS=2ji=lmwici.

20. The method of item 1, wherein the observing of the unmethylated CG loci, in the genomic DNA of the human subject includes hybridizing the genomic DNA to a beadchip to create a genomic DNA hybridized bead chip and then imaging the genomic DNA hybridized beadchip.