ELife: a new method to measure biological age may help predict the health risk of the body

People tend to age in different ways Recently, in a research report published in the International Journal eLife, researchers from Karolin college in Sweden have developed a new method to measure biological age, which may help to effectively predict individual health risks Biological age is an indicator used by scientists to predict health risks by combining No The study of correlation can be enhanced by the same markers, especially the weakness of the body and the epigenetic clock Biological age is different from the real age of the body The idea of measuring biological age is that it can reveal the risk of health or premature death, so as to provide new opportunities for effective prevention and health care So which markers are related to biological age determination? Researchers say they need to combine different markers to find out Researcher Sara Hagg said that there are different methods to measure biological age, so we need to know which markers are the most important, and maybe finally develop new methods to prevent age-related diseases In recent studies, biological age has been measured The special point of this study is that it studies the combination of multiple markers The results of this study show that some markers are very important to effectively predict the risk of premature death Based on the self-report of patients to multiple symptoms, the degree of weakness of patients is one of the markers, while the other is It is an epigenetic clock that is directly related to the way different genes are expressed Other markers include telomere length, blood biomarkers, cognition and body ability, all of which are directly related to the risk of premature death In this study, the researchers conducted a 20-year follow-up study on 845 middle-aged and elderly participants They are very interested in this research field, and biological age is an effective tool to effectively predict the health risk of the population However, it needs to be emphasized that the results of this study are based on population considerations, and later need to be verified at the individual level Original source: