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Accelerated biological aging of specific organs, measured via plasma proteomic signatures, significantly increases the risk of organ-specific diseases and all-cause mortality, independent of chronological age.
Your chronological age is not your biological destiny. This research shows that your organs age at different rates, and accelerated aging in specific organs (like the heart or brain) is a strong predictor of future disease and mortality, independent of how many birthdays you've had. While this specific test is not yet standard care, the key takeaway is that organ-specific health monitoring is crucial. Focus on maintaining the health of your most vulnerable organs through targeted lifestyle interventions, as organ-specific aging is a modifiable risk factor for major diseases like heart failure and Alzheimer's.
Accelerated organ aging confers 20–50% higher mortality risk, and organ-specific diseases relate to faster aging of those organs. We find individuals with accelerated heart aging have a 250% increased heart failure risk and accelerated brain and vascular aging predict Alzheimer’s disease (AD) progression independently from and as strongly as plasma pTau-181
Why this rating
The study utilizes five independent cohorts, over 5,600 participants, longitudinal follow-up for mortality, and rigorous statistical correction for multiple testing.
Source
Organ aging signatures in the plasma proteome track health and disease
Hamilton Oh et al. · Nature · 2023
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