Biological age acceleration is the name given to the state of exhibiting a predicted age from an aging clock that is higher than chronological age. Accelerated age via a clock measure is correlated with an increased risk of age-related disease and mortality. This has been demonstrated in a number of large epidemiological studies, and here researchers make use of the UK Biobank data to once again demonstrate that aging clocks do at least somewhat reflect the age-related risk of disease and mortality. Even so, it remains possible to argue over what exactly the clocks are measuring; calling it biological age is a lazy shortcut and possibly not the reality.
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Accelerated Biological Age Measures Correlate with a Higher Risk of Disease and Mortality
Biological age acceleration is the name given to the state of exhibiting a predicted age from an aging clock that is higher than chronological age. Accelerated age via a clock measure is correlated with an increased risk of age-related disease and mortality. This has been demonstrated in a number of large epidemiological studies, and here researchers make use of the UK Biobank data to once again demonstrate that aging clocks do at least somewhat reflect the age-related risk of disease and mortality. Even so, it remains possible to argue over what exactly the clocks are measuring; calling it biological age is a lazy shortcut and possibly not the reality.
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