Accelerated Biological Aging Correlates with Incidence of Depression and Anxiety

This study contributes evidence from a large biobank cohort to support the hypothesis that biological aging might represent a risk factor for depression/anxiety in midlife and older adults. There is accumulating evidence for a link between mental health problems and biological aging. However, most studies have focused on poor mental health as a risk factor for accelerated aging. The reverse process may also occur. For example, white matter hyperintensities, neuroimaging signatures of small cerebral infarcts, are associated with aging and with the risk of depression, and recently have been linked to measurements of biological aging. The same is true of low-grade systemic inflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction. Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38013-7
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