There is a newfound obsession with finding out the ‘biological age’ of heart. Yes, there are wearables and medical devices that can monitor your heart’s age.
But you must take the results with a grain of salt.
The age calculations tend to be imprecise since they do not take into account risk factors such as family history, air pollution, pregnancy complications or genetic variations.
“It’s pretending to quantify something for you specifically that is just directionally true,” Dr Gregory Katz, a cardiologist at NYU Langone Heart told Wall Street Journal. “It’s based on a true story, but it’s not actually a true story.”
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