Epigenetic age refers to the biological age of a person’s cells, tissues and organ systems.
What if we had a way to measure how fast we were aging that could predict our odds of living a long and healthy life? In aging research, we call this an individual’s healthspan,” said principal investigator Andrea LaCroix, Ph.D., M.P.H., Distinguished Professor at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science.Īndrea LaCroix, Ph.D., M.P.H., Distinguished Professor at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity ScienceĬhronological age is based on a person’s birthdate. “Older people know well that age is just a number that may not be indicative of their health status.
In the Jonline edition of JAMA Network Open, a multi-institutional team of researchers led by the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego reported that epigenetic age acceleration could be used as a biomarker for healthy longevity and to estimate functional and cognitive aging. A first-of-its-kind study of 1,813 older women suggests that the accelerated biological aging of the body - epigenetic age acceleration specifically - is associated with lower odds of living to be 90 years old and also being physically mobile and having intact mental function.
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