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AGE-RELATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Changing (increasing or decreasing) as an individual's age increases
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Similar:
related; related to (being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics)
Context examples:
Age-related loss of vision in the central portion of the retina (macula), secondary to retinal degeneration.
(Macular Degeneration, NCI Thesaurus)
Macular degeneration, or age-related macular degeneration (AMD), is a leading cause of vision loss in Americans 60 and older.
(Macular Degeneration, NIH: National Eye Institute)
Caloric restriction not only increases lifespan, but decreases age-related deterioration of systems and physiological responses, reducing age related diseases like cancer and neurodegenerative disease.
(Longevity Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The effect on cancer susceptibility of age-related changes over the lifespan, and the genetic factors leading to older age at onset of cancer are also of interest.
(Interdisciplinary Studies in the Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer, NCI Thesaurus)
Mutation of the gene is associated with both amyloidosis type 6 and age-related macular degeneration type 11.
(CST3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Variations in the promoter of the gene are associated with age-related macular degeneration type 7.
(HTRA1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This study shows the same is true in our brains, and that age-related brain stiffening has a significant impact on the function of brain stem cells.
(Cambridge scientists reverse ageing process in rat brain stem cells, University of Cambridge)
Eating a calcium-rich diet or taking calcium supplements does not appear to increase the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to the findings of a study.
(No evidence that calcium increases risk of age-related macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health)
Using DNA methylation to measure biologic age may help scientists better understand who is at risk for developing cancer and other age-related diseases.
(Older biologic age linked to elevated breast cancer risk, National Institutes of Health)
National Eye Institute scientists led a collaborative study and zeroed in on genes associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss and blindness among people age 65 and older.
(New study about genes linked to age-related macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health)
