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An Assessment of Aging Based on Screening Data
Author(s) -
WEBSTER IAN W.,
LOGIE ALEXANDER R.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1974.tb04842.x
Subject(s) - medicine , urinalysis , biological age , population , gerontology , reference values , physical therapy , urine , environmental health
A method for quantitating biologic age is described. Biologic age was calculated by this method from 7 different measurements made in subjects who were objectively and subjectively well. The 29 “well” subjects were selected by a computer program on the basis of the medical questionnaire, chest roentgenogram, urinalysis and electrocardiogram, from 705 “apparently well” females who attended a mutiple screening centre. These subjects had a lower calculated biologic age compared with the reference population. The model could be of value in assessing the aging rate and comparing the effect of social and environmental factors on aging in different population groups.