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If you could pbad a test that predicts your death, would you take it? Researchers at Yale University have developed a test that could predict the life expectancy of a person.
According to an article published by the researchers, the test measures the combination of the chronological age of a person and nine blood biomarkers. 19659003] This calculates the "phenotypic age" of a person – a measure of aging that reflects the biological age of a person rather than chronological.
Morgan Levine, a pathologist at Yale, said The Guardian the test could be used to identify people who age faster than normal – which increases their risk of disease.
According to the article, mortality predictions were validated by studying 11,432 participants over a period of 12.6 years. The researchers observed a total of 871 deaths.
"We have shown that even in people who have no illness, which are presumed healthy, we can still observe differences in life expectancy". "It captures something preclinical, before diseases come up."
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