Personen, die eine schnellere biologische Alterung haben, haben ein erhöhtes Risiko für Demenz. Diejenigen mit der am stärksten beschleunigten biologischen Alterung und der ApoE ε4 -Genvariante hatten ein 4,2 -mal höheres Demenzrisiko als Personen mit der langsamsten biologischen Alterung und ohne diese Genvariante.

I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000213616

From the linked article:

**Individuals experiencing faster biological aging are at increased risk of dementia**

An analysis of UK Biobank data suggests that individuals undergoing accelerated biological aging face an increased risk of developing dementia. **Those with both the most accelerated biological aging and the APOE ε4 gene variant had a 4.2 times higher risk of dementia compared to individuals with the slowest biological aging and without this gene variant**. The study was published in Neurology.

That’s wild it really shows how aging isn’t just about years lived, but how our bodies are actually changing on the inside.