Accelerated biological aging and risk of depression and anxiety: evidence from 424,299 UK Biobank participants

Abstract Theory predicts that biological processes of aging may contribute to poor mental health in late life. To test this hypothesis, we evaluated prospective associations between biological age and incident depression and anxiety in 424,299 UK Biobank participants. We measured biological age from...

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Main Authors: Xu Gao, Tong Geng, Meijie Jiang, Ninghao Huang, Yinan Zheng, Daniel W. Belsky, Tao Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38013-7