Accelerated biological aging linked to rising early-onset cancer rates, study finds

The short version

• Researchers found that younger generations tend to age biologically faster than older generations at equivalent chronological ages.[ScienceDaily]
• Accelerated biological aging is associated with a 15% increased risk of early-onset solid cancers.[ScienceDaily]
• The analysis evaluated health data from over 164,000 participants in the U.K. and U.S.[ScienceDaily]
• Scientists are still investigating the environmental and lifestyle causes driving these generational aging shifts.[ScienceDaily]

Key facts

• The study analyzed data from more than 154,000 UK Biobank participants and over 10,000 participants in the U.S. All of Us Research Program.[ScienceDaily]
• Participants with the highest degree of systemic aging faced a 15% elevated risk for early-onset solid cancers compared to those with the lowest systemic aging.[ScienceDaily]
• U.S. participants born between 1990 and 1999 demonstrated systemic aging 92% of one standard deviation higher than those born between 1965 and 1969.[ScienceDaily]
• The research was published in the journal Nature Medicine.[ScienceDaily]

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