Epigenetic aging in older people living with HIV in Eswatini: a pilot study of HIV and lifestyle factors and epigenetic aging.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study was approved by the Eswatini Directorate of Health Services/Public Health, the Eswatini Ethics Committee, and the Columbia University Irving Medical Center Institutional Review Board. Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in this study. Consent to publishNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare they have no known competing financial or personal interests that could appear to influence the findings reported in this manuscript. Competing interests The authors declare they have no known competing financial or personal interests that could appear to influence the findings reported in this manuscript."

"Funding This study was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Grant: T32ES007322 and R01ES032638-03S1 (CKD). This project was also supported by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Dean’s Pilot Fund and Innovation Fund awards."