Death, it is possible to predict it with a blood test

If, to be fair, even if it was possible to know, many would rather ignore the date of his death, the question affected a group of American scholars who went so far as to perform a test who predicts his own death. 19659002] Researchers at the prestigious Yale University School of Medicine in the United States have actually created a revolutionary laboratory blood test to predict a person's life expectancy.

The test badyzes the biomarkers results, it is able to predict how long a person will live.

To complete the test, the scientists, coordinated by Professor Morgan Levine, first examined 42 clinical data from patient records involved in two large American studies. and nutrition (NHANES). Among these parameters are counts of white blood cells, glucose levels, albumin and other substances. Crossing them with the lifestyle and health data of 10 thousand people involved in the first of two studies, Levine and his colleagues created the blood test based on 9 specific biomarkers, all related to life expectancy .

The test is based on the calculation of the physiological age of a person, different from the chronological age, since there are people who age more or less quickly . If the examination identifies a physiological age greater than chronological age, it means that the patient is aging faster and therefore risks premature death.

But what is the purpose of a study of this kind? Help people "act" in case of "alarm bells". Yes, because the answer to the test, based on the physiological age of a person and not on the identity card, is not pithy and can be changed by changing the mode of life to prevent certain diseases.

Accelerate the risk In fact, there are several factors, such as being high in poor neighborhoods, low educational attainment, chronic stress, smoking, mediocre activity obesity and much more.

finally, that this is not the only scientific test performed to predict the date of death .

Another test, again of blood, made in Finland and the result of a research published in the journal PLOS Medicine, based on the presence at certain concentrations of four molecules, the "bioindicators", called albumin, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, citrate and lipopoteric particles, which would even expose these individuals to the risk of dying in health and that, on the contrary, they have a problem with fatal consequences for the immediate future.

In order to select the four bioindicators, the researchers used a method, "nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry", which allows hundreds of molecules in the blood to be examined at different concentrations, all within a short period of time. effectively.

Using the methodology on blood samples of 17,000 healthy people at the beginning of the study, the experts noted that certain concentrations of these four molecules in the blood of an individual corresponded to a some risk of dying within five years of the blood test.

Therefore, for Finnish scientists, the four molecules on which the blood test is based seem excellent indicators of the general fragility of the body, with which, however, it is now expected to understand how they are co Llegate .