When Your Body Ages Faster Than Your Birthday, Your Heart Pays the Price
Based on: The Influence of Accelerated Aging-Related Cardiac Remodeling on Cardiovascular Outcomes: an observational study.
In over 31,000 UK adults, those whose biological age outpaced their actual age had clearly worse heart outcomes. Each extra 4.6 years of biological aging meant a 29% higher risk of heart failure and a 16% higher risk of dying from heart disease. Heart scans showed these people also had weaker, smaller heart muscles. Women seemed more affected than men.
Key Insight
This study suggests tracking biological age markers may help spot heart risk earlier than standard screenings.
Original Paper
Lv Z, Li K, Liu C, Liu P, Kou Z, Zhang M, Gao D
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