Want to know your heart’s age? It might be older than you think, and knowing that can help trigger lifestyle changes that rejuvenate your heart and, with it, your overall health.
Researchers from Northwestern Medicine in Chicago developed a heart age calculator to help people better understand their cardiovascular health and to help clinicians more clearly communicate what’s at stake.
In their study, published in JAMA Cardiology, they used this new tool to calculate participants’ heart age based on their overall risk for cardiovascular disease — and were stunned by the results: Many had a "heart age" older than their actual age, in some cases by more than a decade.
Although public health awareness around heart disease is improving, it remains the leading cause of death in the U.S. According to the study’s senior author, Sadiya Khan, a professor of cardiovascular epidemiology at Northwestern University, one key reason is that ...
