You get older every day. But how old are your cells and organs, really?
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Biological age and chronological age don’t always match up. We all know people who appear to be protected from aging …., [said Dr. Douglas Vaughan, the director of Northwestern University’s Potocsnak Longevity Institute and its Human Longevity Laboratory].
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We measure peoples’ biological age by performing a series of tests. We do a DEXA scan to find body composition; we measure cardiac and vascular aging; we test gait speed and grip strength and pulmonary function. We also use molecular-based tools and AI-based biological age clocks.
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There are biological age clocks that anyone can order online and try for themselves at home. What do you think of those?
I wouldn’t endorse any of them right now. There’s more to it than one single test, so I think we still have a lot of work to do to figure out what combination of tests are actually the best and which are the most informative for the average person.
