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With the current Biohacking obsession To feel younger and live longer, you can be aware of the difference between chronological age (the number of years you have been alive) and biological age (how old "cells are, which is an indicator of your overall health). Now, a new study draws attention to "cardiac age" - and sound to the fact that most Americans have "old" cardiovascular systems.

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A new calculator predicts your "cardiac age".

A new study, published in the journal Jama cardiology , sought to quantify the risk of cardiovascular disease in a more precise manner than traditional percentages. "For example, a health care clinician can tell a patient:" 8 people out of 100 with your profile can have a heart event in the next 10 years, "said a press release .

To build there, Northwestern Medicine researchers have created a new risk calculator of heart disease based on the PREVENT (Predict the risk of events of cardiovascular disease) equations. Instead of calculating the risk as a percentage, it gives you your "heart age", which, according to the team, is easier to understand for most people.

THE Prevent the risk -age calculator is free for anyone can use and includes the following measures:

• Sex (man or woman)
• Age (30-79)
• Total cholesterol
• HDL cholesterol
• Systolic blood pressure
• Diabetes (yes or no)
• EGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate, a measure of the way your kidneys filled waste)
• Anti-hypertensive drugs (yes or no)
• Statin drugs (yes or no)

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Most American adults have a "cardiac age" of several years more than their chronological age.

In addition to creating the calculator, the researchers tested it on more than 14,000 American adults aged 30 to 79, who all had no history of cardiovascular disease. They determined the following average results:

• Women had a cardiac age of 55.4 compared to a chronological age of 51.3 ( +4.1 years ))
• Men had a cardiac age of 56.7 compared to a chronological age of 49.7 ( + 7 years ))

Education and race also played a role:

• Almost a third of men with secondary or less studies had a cardiac era of 10 years and more than their chronological age
• The age of the heart of black men was +8.5 years and the age of the heart of black women was +6.2 years
• The age of the heart of Hispanic men was + 7.9 years and the age of the heart of Hispanic women was +4.8 years
• The age of the heart of Asian men was + 6.7 years and the age of the heart of Asian women was +2.8 years
• The age of the heart of white men was + 6.4 years and the age of the heart of white women was +3.7 years

The search team is quick to note that the calculator must not replace regular visits by your doctor or their advice. However, they hope that this can help health care providers treat patients.

"Many people who should be on medicine to reduce their risk of heart attack, stroke or heart failure are not on these drugs. We hope that this new calculator of the heart era will help support discussions on prevention and ultimately improve health for all people, "said the main study author Sadiya Khan , MD, MSC, the Magerstadt teacher From cardiovascular epidemiology to the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Then, Khan and his team plan to study if the use of the calculator to predict the risk improves health results.