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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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Autores principales: Jylhävä, Juulia, Jiang, Miao, Foebel, Andrea D., Pedersen, Nancy L., Hägg, Sara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6535415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30666568
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10522-019-09795-5