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biological age

biological age Biological age is an estimate of how far a person’s body has aged based on blood biomarkers that reflect overall physiological functioning, rather than simply the number of years since birth.

Biological age is an estimate of how far a person’s body has aged based on blood biomarkers that reflect overall physiological functioning, rather than simply the number of years since birth. It is used to capture differences between people in functional decline and molecular aging that chronological age may miss.

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Drafting source: Fu Fanyu; Dong Li; Lian Jiwei; Liu Chang; Pang Tingting; Wang Yunli; Liu Peng; Wang Yufeng. Biological age threshold is associated with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis risk in chinese adults: Insights from machine learning analysis of a national cohort. 2025; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0335250; article XML SHA-256 416738df599ca8e834a52b0a2e1fdc7c07c90d771d22af54b7bdec057db9d427. “Biological age threshold is associated with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis risk in chinese adults: Insights from machine learning analysis of a national cohort” (10.1371/journal.pone.0335250).
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