An objective metric of individual health and aging for population surveys.
Qing LiVéronique LegaultVincent-Daniel GirardLuigi FerrucciLinda P FriedAlan A CohenPublished in: Population health metrics (2022)
The metrics we propose here are easy to measure with data that are already available in a wide array of panel, cohort, and clinical studies. The standardized versions here lose a small amount of predictive power compared to more complete versions, but are nonetheless competitive with existing metrics of overall health. DM17 performs slightly better than DM9 and should be preferred in most cases, but DM9 may still be used when a more limited number of biomarkers is available.