Associations of genetics, behaviors, and life course circumstances with a novel aging and healthspan measure: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study.

<h4>Background</h4>An individual's rate of aging directly influences his/her susceptibility to morbidity and mortality. Thus, quantifying aging and disentangling how various factors coalesce to produce between-person differences in the rate of aging, have important implications for...

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Main Authors: Zuyun Liu, Xi Chen, Thomas M Gill, Chao Ma, Eileen M Crimmins, Morgan E Levine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002827