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Biological aging as a predictor of cardiometabolic multimorbidity

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Recent analyses of observational data from 340,000 UK Biobank participants indicate that people with a higher biological age than their same-aged peers have an increased risk of developing cardiometabolic diseases. By contrast, the ability of accelerated biological aging to predict multimorbidity progression is relatively limited.

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Fig. 1: Biological aging and the development of cardiometabolic multimorbidity.

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  1. Brain Sciences, University College London, London, UK

    Mika Kivimäki

  2. Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK

    Linda Partridge

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Kivimäki, M., Partridge, L. Biological aging as a predictor of cardiometabolic multimorbidity. Nat Cardiovasc Res 3, 256–257 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44161-024-00444-w

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