Multinational evaluation of anthropometric age (AnthropoAge) as a measure of biological age in the USA, England, Mexico, Costa Rica, and China: a population-based longitudinal study.

Carlos A Fermín-Martínez Daniel Ramírez-García Neftalí Eduardo Antonio-VillaJerónimo Perezalonso EspinosaDiego Aguilar-Ramirez Carmen García-Peña Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo Jacqueline A Seiglie Omar Yaxmehen Bello-Chavolla

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)

AnthropoAge is a robust and reproducible BA metric associated with age-related outcomes. Its implementation could facilitate modeling trends of biological aging acceleration in different populations, although recalibration may enhance its utility in underrepresented populations such as individuals from Latin America.

Keyphrases

primary care
healthcare
genetic diversity
type diabetes
quality improvement
skeletal muscle
insulin resistance