Research
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Physical function and anthropometric measurements (e.g., walking speed, grip strength) are practical phenotypic biomarkers that can perform better than DNA methylation in predicting health status.
Simple physical tests like walking speed and grip strength are highly effective, practical biomarkers for assessing your health status, sometimes outperforming complex DNA methylation tests.
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These physical functional measurements, though simple, can actually perform better than DNA methylation in terms of relationship to health status in demographic research.
Why this rating
Based on demographic research comparisons (e.g., Dunedin Study).
Source
Molecular and phenotypic biomarkers of aging
Xian Xia et al. · F1000Research · 2017
DOI 10.12688/f1000research.10692.1
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