Frailty and biological age. Which best describes our aging and longevity?
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2024
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Félix, J., Martínez de Toda, I., Díaz-Del Cerro, E., González-Sánchez, M., & De la Fuente, M. (2024). Frailty and biological age. Which best describes our aging and longevity? [Review of Frailty and biological age. Which best describes our aging and longevity?]. Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 98. Elsevier Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MAM.2024.101291
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Frailty and Biological Age are two closely related concepts; however, frailty is a multisystem geriatric syndrome that applies to elderly subjects, whereas biological age is a gerontologic way to describe the rate of aging of each individual, which can be used from the beginning of the aging process, in adulthood. If frailty reaches less consensus on the definition, it is a term much more widely used than this of biological age, which shows a clearer definition but is scarcely employed in social and medical fields. In this review, we suggest that this Biological Age is the best to describe how we are aging and determine our longevity, and several examples support our proposal.
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This work was supported by the Research Group of Complutense University of Madrid (910379).