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Can markers of biological age predict dependency in old age?

Recent research has shown that markers of biological age, such as leukocyte telomere length (LTL), epigenetic clocks and the frailty index (FI) are predictive of mortality and age-related diseases. However, whether these markers associate with the need for care in old age, thereby having utility in...

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Published in:Biogerontology
Main Authors: Jylhävä, Juulia, Jiang, Miao, Foebel, Andrea D., Pedersen, Nancy L., Hägg, Sara
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Netherlands 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6535415/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30666568
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10522-019-09795-5
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