While the number of participants was relatively small and the duration short in the
context of a human lifespan, biomarkers of aging were improved in study participants.
Demographers and epidemiologists have estimated that the
length of human lifespan is a moderately heritable trait, with the offspring of individuals achieving old age being more likely to also achieve old... >> MORE
To work around this snag, people have long followed the rule that «dog year» is equal to seven human years and multiplying a dog's age by seven gives you its age in the
context of the human lifespan.
Due to the length
of human lifespans, we will not have the necessary data for at least another generation and perhaps multiple generations.