Can skin wrinking in a site that has received limited sun exposure be used as a marker of health status and biological age?

摘要

Objectives: to determine if skin wrinkling in a site that had received limited sun exposure may be a marker of health status and biological age. Design: population-based, cross-sectional study. Participants: we evaluated the health status of representative samples of elderly Greek-born people living In Melbourne, Greeks living in rural Greece, Anglo-Celtic Australians living in Melbourne and Swedes living in Sweden. W carried out microtopographic assessment of their skin and measured plasma dehydroepiandrosterone Concentrations.