How biological age is measured

Biological age is an estimate of physiological age derived from measurable biomarkers or models — not calendar years. Different methods measure it from different inputs: blood chemistry, DNA methylation, imaging, or other biological signals.

Blood-based

Epigenetic (DNA methylation)

Imaging

Try the PhenoAge calculator — the only method here with a published, stable, open formula (2018) computable directly from a routine blood panel.

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