Practical Handbook of Human Biologic Age Determination
1st Edition
Published on 19. May 1994
Book
Hardback
540 pages
978-0-8493-0129-2 (ISBN)
Description
This landmark book focuses on the methodology used to measure human biological age. Although functional decline appears to be an inevitable and inescapable consequence of aging, there are often considerable differences between individuals with respect to the rate and extent of this decline. Individuals may be young or old in relation to their number of years. As a result, age-related disease or age-related death may occur at different chronological ages. It follows that the true or practically relevant age of an individual is not adequately defined by the time that has elapsed since birth; rather, it is expressed as "biological age"-a figure reflecting the individual's progressive inability to respond adaptively to an environmental stress that leads to a decreased viability and increased vulnerability to death.
This book features contributions from leading investigators in the field and represents a comprehensive worldwide collection of the most recent research on estimating human biological age. Tests described in the book can be used to monitor the effects of any interventional therapy, including drug treatment, behavioral therapy, and lifestyle modification.
This book features contributions from leading investigators in the field and represents a comprehensive worldwide collection of the most recent research on estimating human biological age. Tests described in the book can be used to monitor the effects of any interventional therapy, including drug treatment, behavioral therapy, and lifestyle modification.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
All physicians and scientists interested in the process of aging, health risk assessment, preventive medicine, drug evaluations, and life span extension.
Illustrations
6 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 122 s/w Tabellen
6 figs., 122 tabs.
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1155 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8493-0129-2 (9780849301292)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Overview
Biological Aging Measurement-Its Rationale, History, and Current Status, W. Dean
The Hiroshima Studies of Physiological Age: A Historical Note, J.W. Hollingsworth
Aspects of Quantitation of Human Aging, W. Regelson
Risk Appraisal
Historical Comments, L.C. Robbins
Life Insurance and Biologic Aging, W.J. Elder
Aging and the Appraisal of Health Risks, E.B. Hutchins
Physiologic Assessment
Variations in Aging Parameters, Their Sources, and Possibilities of Predicting Physiological Age, E. Heikkinen, H. Suominen, P. Era, and A.-L. Lyyra
Validating Biomarkers of Aging-Mathematical Approaches and Results of a 2462-Person Study, R. Hochschild
The Physiological Aging of Human Populations: Estimation Methods for Comprarative Analysis, A. Ruiz-Torres
A Multivariate Approach to the Quantification of Physiological Status in Old Age, W.J. Chodzko-Zajko
Determination of Human Biological Age, W. Ries
Two Decades of Research and Practice with the Adult Growth Examination. A Brief Standardized Test of Adult Aging: The 20th Year Progress Report, R.F. Morgan
Biological Age as a Tool for Determination of the Rate of Aging, T.L. Dubina
Metabolic Profiles
Entropy as a Biological Marker in Human Aging, D. Hershey and W.E. Lee III
Quantitative Measurement of Human Physiological Age by Profiling of Body Fluids and Pattern Recognition, A.B. Robinson and L.R. Robinson
Age-Dependent Excretion Pattern of Free Amino Acids and Peptides in Human Urine, J. Adam, A. Nicak, and A. Molnar
Assessment of Biological Age by Maximal Oxygen Uptake, S.N. Koyal, A.J. Williams, S. Santiago, D. Schwartz, and M.H. Ellastad
Organ System Approaches
The Morphometric Assessment of Biological Age, F.C. Ludwig
Collagen as a Parameter for the Determination of Human Physiological Age, V.M. Monnier and D.R. Sell
Skin Changes as a Reflection of Biologic Age, A.K. Balin
Hair Changes with Aging as a Parameter to Utilize in the Estimation of Human Biological Age, D.S. Orentreich and N. Orentreich
Biochemical Measurements
Dehydroepiandrosterone: Marker or Modifier of Aging?, N. Orentreich, J.A. Zimmerman, and J.R. Matias
The Assay of Endogenous Oxidative DNA Damage as Related to Aging, B.N. Ames
Nonhuman Model Studies
Modeling Biological Aging in a Nonhuman Primate, R.A. Short, D.D. Williams, and D.M. Bowden
What Animal Experiments Can Tell Us about Human Biological Age, G. Hofecker, M. Skalicky, and H. Niedermueller
Statistical Analysis
Statistical Approach for the Assessment of Biological Age, E. Nakamura
Age Differences in Biological Markers of Mortality, L.J. Brant, J.L. Fozard, E.J. Metter
Assessment of the Adequacy of the Multiregression Method to Estimate Biological Age, T. Furukawa
An Approach to Biologic Age Assessment, D.G. Lindsay and S. Kaplan
Index.
Biological Aging Measurement-Its Rationale, History, and Current Status, W. Dean
The Hiroshima Studies of Physiological Age: A Historical Note, J.W. Hollingsworth
Aspects of Quantitation of Human Aging, W. Regelson
Risk Appraisal
Historical Comments, L.C. Robbins
Life Insurance and Biologic Aging, W.J. Elder
Aging and the Appraisal of Health Risks, E.B. Hutchins
Physiologic Assessment
Variations in Aging Parameters, Their Sources, and Possibilities of Predicting Physiological Age, E. Heikkinen, H. Suominen, P. Era, and A.-L. Lyyra
Validating Biomarkers of Aging-Mathematical Approaches and Results of a 2462-Person Study, R. Hochschild
The Physiological Aging of Human Populations: Estimation Methods for Comprarative Analysis, A. Ruiz-Torres
A Multivariate Approach to the Quantification of Physiological Status in Old Age, W.J. Chodzko-Zajko
Determination of Human Biological Age, W. Ries
Two Decades of Research and Practice with the Adult Growth Examination. A Brief Standardized Test of Adult Aging: The 20th Year Progress Report, R.F. Morgan
Biological Age as a Tool for Determination of the Rate of Aging, T.L. Dubina
Metabolic Profiles
Entropy as a Biological Marker in Human Aging, D. Hershey and W.E. Lee III
Quantitative Measurement of Human Physiological Age by Profiling of Body Fluids and Pattern Recognition, A.B. Robinson and L.R. Robinson
Age-Dependent Excretion Pattern of Free Amino Acids and Peptides in Human Urine, J. Adam, A. Nicak, and A. Molnar
Assessment of Biological Age by Maximal Oxygen Uptake, S.N. Koyal, A.J. Williams, S. Santiago, D. Schwartz, and M.H. Ellastad
Organ System Approaches
The Morphometric Assessment of Biological Age, F.C. Ludwig
Collagen as a Parameter for the Determination of Human Physiological Age, V.M. Monnier and D.R. Sell
Skin Changes as a Reflection of Biologic Age, A.K. Balin
Hair Changes with Aging as a Parameter to Utilize in the Estimation of Human Biological Age, D.S. Orentreich and N. Orentreich
Biochemical Measurements
Dehydroepiandrosterone: Marker or Modifier of Aging?, N. Orentreich, J.A. Zimmerman, and J.R. Matias
The Assay of Endogenous Oxidative DNA Damage as Related to Aging, B.N. Ames
Nonhuman Model Studies
Modeling Biological Aging in a Nonhuman Primate, R.A. Short, D.D. Williams, and D.M. Bowden
What Animal Experiments Can Tell Us about Human Biological Age, G. Hofecker, M. Skalicky, and H. Niedermueller
Statistical Analysis
Statistical Approach for the Assessment of Biological Age, E. Nakamura
Age Differences in Biological Markers of Mortality, L.J. Brant, J.L. Fozard, E.J. Metter
Assessment of the Adequacy of the Multiregression Method to Estimate Biological Age, T. Furukawa
An Approach to Biologic Age Assessment, D.G. Lindsay and S. Kaplan
Index.