And how much you? Add up the numbers and find out your biological age (from 13 to 30)

In the process of individual development of a person (ontogenesis), the development and formation of the functions of all systems of the body is completed. The age of optimal physical shape is approaching. In women, this happens by the age of 18, in men – by the age of 21.

Then comes the inevitable and somewhat universal aging process of the organism. Biological (anatomical and physiological) age characterizes the biological state of the body at the moment and can differ significantly from the chronological one in the direction of both leading and lagging.

There are a variety of ways to determine biological age. They use indicators that regularly change throughout life. More than a hundred markers of age-related changes have been proposed. Most of them are laborious and require measuring a large number of parameters, sometimes using special devices, as well as lengthy questionnaires. But simpler methods are not objective enough. And tests published in popular publications are not always reliable.

Russian scientists Alexander Gorelkin and Boris Pinkhasov¹ proposed a method to determine not only biological age, but also the rate of aging. It is described in detail in the book by Inessa Trubetskoy and Natalia Naydenskaya “Appearance Code”².

First, it computes aging rate factorand then based on it – biological age.

To do this, you need to determine the following values:

• calendar age (CV) of a person in years (the accuracy is not less than 0,1 years, i.e. months after the birthday are also added)   

• body weight (bw) in kg, measured on scales (accuracy not less than 0,5 kg)

• height (P) in meters, measured by a stadiometer (with an accuracy of at least 0,005 m)

• waist circumference (OT) in cm, measured with a soft measuring tape (accuracy not less than 0,5 cm)

• hip circumference (OB) in cm, also changes by tape (accuracy not less than 0,5 cm)

• weight (W) in kg

RATE OF AGING

Based on the data obtained, it is first determined aging rate for women and men separately according to the following formulas:

The formula for the aging rate coefficient of KSS (m):

RL (w) и RL (m) – the difference in years between the calendar age and the age of the ontogenetic (physiological) norm for women and men.

The ontogenetic norm is the age at which, in the process of ontogenesis (individual development of a person), the development and formation of the structure and functions of all systems of the human body is completed.

It is generally accepted that this age for men = 21 years, for women = 18 years.

HOW TO DECODE THE OBTAINED KSS DATA (AGING RATE COEFFICIENT)

• 0,95 to 1,05 inclusive – aging rate is normal

• Less than 0,95 – delayed aging

• More than 1,05 – accelerated aging

DETERMINATION OF BIOLOGICAL AGE

The biological age of a person (BV) is determined by the formulas:

Step 1. Consider what is before division.

60 (waist) * 48 (weight) = 2880

Step 2. Consider what is in small brackets.

20 (real age) – 18 (constant number for women) = 2 (RL is the difference in years between the calendar age and the age of the ontogenetic (physiological) norm for women).

0,26 * 2 (RL) =0,52,

then0,01 * 2 (RL) =0,02

Total: 14,7 + 0,52 + 0,02 = 15,24

Step 3. Consider what is in large brackets.

92 (hip girth) * 2,96 (height in meters squared) * 15, 24 (sum from step 2) = 4150

Step 4. Almost everything! We consider the aging rate coefficient (KSS).

2888 (result of 1 step): 4150 (result of 3 steps) = 0, 69

Step 5. And now that’s it! Now you will find out your biological age!

^{Information sources}

^{1. Alexander Gorelkin and Boris Pinkhasov, Russian scientists.}

^{2. Appearance Code, Natalya Naydenskaya and Inessa Trubetskaya.}