Skin autofluorescence is associated with arterial stiffness and insulin level in endurance runners and healthy controls-Effects of aging and endurance exercise.

CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, these are the first data to show that skin autofluorescence (SAF) is linked to human arterial stiffness and insulin resistance in well-trained elderly and young men as well as sedentary controls. SAF may in the future be a helpful tool to predict vascular and metabolic dysfunction (early signs of aging and pathology). Surprisingly, endurance running only had modest effects on cardiovascular function compared to lean healthy controls.
PMID: 28189699 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Experimental Gerontology - February 7, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Couppé C, Dall CH, Svensson RB, Olsen RH, Karlsen A, Praet S, Prescott E, Magnusson SP Tags: Exp Gerontol Source Type: research