A new aging measure captures morbidity and mortality risk across diverse subpopulations from NHANES IV: A cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>A person's rate of aging has important implications for his/her risk of death and disease; thus, quantifying aging using observable characteristics has important applications for clinical, basic, and observational research. Based on routine clinical chemistry biom...

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Main Authors: Zuyun Liu, Pei-Lun Kuo, Steve Horvath, Eileen Crimmins, Luigi Ferrucci, Morgan Levine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-12-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002718