Sentences with phrase «measures biological age»

It's possible that grip strength measures biological age.

Finding a way to measure biological age could help to predict the risk of developing age - related disease and even death.

To measure biological ageing, the researchers studied a feature of chromosomes called telomeres.

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The new marker potentially provides a method to measure how much our body has aged — our biological rather than chronological age.

In a paper appearing the week of July 6 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team from the U.S., UK, Israel and New Zealand introduces a panel of 18 biological measures that may be combined to determine whether people are aging faster or slower than their peers.

Researchers at The Ohio State University examined blood from pregnant women to evaluate the length of telomeres — structures at the end of chromosomes that are used by scientists as a measure of biological (as opposed to chronological) age.

A series of six articles appearing in the March issue of The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences finds new correlations between a Mediterranean diet and healthy aging outcomes — while also underscoring the need for careful approaches to the use of data in order to measure the diet's potential benefits.

Based on this comparison, the researchers derived a measure that they call differential aging, which is the difference between an individual's apparent (or biological) age and his or her true (or chronological) age.

The ability to measure the degree of cellular senescence is important in understanding the biological processes regulating cell aging and immortalization.

Using publicly available datasets, we find that the mouse clock is accurate enough to measure effects on biological age, including in the context of interventions.

Thus, the ability to measure DNAme in single cells has the potential to make important contributions to the understanding of several key biological processes, such as embryonic development, disease progression and aging.

Our chronological age — that number that graces our birthday cakes, and our biological age which is measured by blood pressure, auditory performance, and visual performance.

Telomere length is arguably the best marker of biological age, and shorter mean telomere length, usually measured in your white blood cells, is associated with increased risk of heart disease, obesity, cancer, stroke, dementia, and premature death (2).

In studies with animals that were fed high - ORAC foods had lower biological ages as measured by memory, balance, and capillary strength.

The analysis revealed that factors associated with a poor father - child relationship measured at age 10 (i.e. «current» factors) include: a male child; unmarried parents; low family socio - economic status; recent adverse family events; and the presence of a father figure rather than the biological father.