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Biological aging — a new tool to detect cardiometabolic multimorbidity and mortality

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Cardiometabolic multimorbidity — the coexistence of type 2 diabetes, ischemic heart disease or stroke — is a growing clinical and public health challenge. Accelerated biological aging, measured by clinical traits, provides innovative clues into subclinical prevention of cardiometabolic multimorbidity and mortality among older adults.

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Fig. 1: Associations of accelerated biological aging with the risks of FCMD, CMM and death using the multi-state model.

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This is a summary of: Jiang, M. et al. Accelerated biological aging elevates the risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity and mortality. Nat. Cardiovasc. Res. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44161-024-00438-8 (2024).

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