Biological age in diabetes and precision medicine

Abstract

susceptibility to disease, physical and cognitive impairment, and death [1]. The mainstream use of age describes chronological age (CA), the years lived since birth. CA can directly impact biological age (BA) which specifically measures the rate of cellular decline or physiological breakdown of cells and organs within the body. While CA and BA can change at the same rate, we found that in Diabetes mellitus, BA is accelerated when compared to CA [2].