Successful Aging

Fung, Helene H.; Cheng, Sheung-Tak 鄭相德; Lam, Chiu Wa Linda; Chi, Iris; Woo, Jean

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9331-5

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“…For comparison, the portion of successful agers among older adults is 29.2% in Japan and 25.5% in Korea. Yet, due to the large population of China, the number of persons over 65 years old in China is higher than such number in the entire Europe [ 60 ]. Understanding aging in China can thus provide important insights on aging in the world.…”

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Psychological factors substantially contribute to biological aging: evidence from the aging rate in Chinese older adults

Galkin¹,

Kochetov²,

Koldasbayeva³

et al. 2022

Aging

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We have developed a deep learning aging clock using blood test data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, which has a mean absolute error of 5.68 years. We used the aging clock to demonstrate the connection between the physical and psychological aspects of aging. The clock detects accelerated aging in people with heart, liver, and lung conditions. We demonstrate that psychological factors, such as feeling unhappy or being lonely, add up to 1.65 years to one's biological age, and the aggregate effect exceeds the effects of biological sex, living area, marital status, and smoking status. We conclude that the psychological component should not be ignored in aging studies due to its significant impact on biological age.

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confidence: 99%