People whose biological age is greater than their chronological age are at a “significantly increased” risk of stroke and dementia—even when smoking, drinking, BMI, and other risk factors are removed from the equation.
That’s according to a Swedish study published Sunday in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. Researchers examined the data of more than 325,000 UK residents between the ages of 40 and 70—and neurologically healthy—when the study began. They calculated the biological age of each participant via 18 biomarkers, including:
