Tag: UK Biobank

Chart showing mortality risk escalates with multiple aged organs; 8+ aged organs carry 8.3x higher mortality risk
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Brain and Immune System Aging Emerge as True Lifespan Predictors in Major UK Biobank Study

Only two of 11 organ-aging clocks independently predicted lifespan in 44,498 UK Biobank adults: the brain and immune system. A…

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U-shaped graph showing biological aging across sleep durations from 5 to 10 hours per night
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U-shaped sleep curve reveals distinct aging patterns: short sleep drives aging, long sleep signals underlying disease

A Nature study of 500,000 UK adults reveals a U-shaped relationship between sleep duration and biological aging. Optimal aging occurs…

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Chart showing dramatic variation in multimorbidity prevalence estimates using different measurement approaches
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Different Ways of Measuring Multiple Chronic Diseases Yield Vastly Different Results, UK Biobank Study Shows

UK Biobank study of 474,397 adults reveals multimorbidity prevalence estimates vary 35-fold depending on measurement method. Clustering approaches better predict…

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