Abstract
Differences in health status at older ages are a result of genetic predispositions and physiological responses to exposure accumulation over the lifespan. Chronological age is a standard indicator that reflects overall risks of morbidity and mortality, but it a crude proxy for individuals’ latent physiological deterioration. Biological age (CA) is an alternative indicator of accumulated age-related biological change reflected in markers of major physiological systems. In this presentation we estimate BA using data from the US to assess differences in accumulated age-related biological change among older adults by sex, education, and race/ethnicity. Results suggest that physiological deterioration proceeds more rapidly among females, lower education individuals, and Hispanics and non-Hispanics Blacks.
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Hiram Beltran-SanchezProfessor, Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA, United States
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KEYWORDS
Biomarkers of Health, Mortality, Biological Age
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