Check your SNP associated with biological aging

[Polako]

Basically, if you're European, checking rs6793295 (https://www.23andme.com/you/explorer/snp/?snp_name=rs6793295) will tell you if you're gonna age faster.


Each C a person has at rs6793295 is associated with a reduction in telomere length compared to someone with TT at this SNP.

SNPwatch: Researchers Identify Variation Associated with Biological Aging (http://spittoon.23andme.com/2010/02/16/snpwatch-researchers-identify-variation-associated-with-biological-aging/)

My result is TT. What's yours? :p

[fatale_noir]

Both me and my dad are TT

[Froll]

Well, I'm not exactly "European" really but TT.

[EliasAlucard]

I'm CT but all my grandparents are old. Is this available in the clinical reports?

[Aino]

I have TT also.

[SilverI]

Is there a gene that will tell you how long you will live until you die of age?

[Geto-Thracian]

I'm CT....bit of a surprise

[Stygian Cellarius]

CT. The women in my family outlived the men by decades, living to be near 100, but the men died around 70.

[Geto-Thracian]

CT. The women in my family outlived the men by decades, living to be near 100, but the men died around 70.

In my family it's the men who live way longer.

[fatale_noir]

People on my maternal side live quite a long time. One of my great grandmothers lived to be 103, and one of my great grandfathers died at 97, I believe, and his wife is still alive at 94-95

[Polako]

I'm CT but all my grandparents are old.

Yeah, and going by this result, they probably look it. :p

[EliasAlucard]

Yeah, and going by this result, they probably look it. :pElaborate?

I have to say my maternal grandmother doesn't exactly look like she's 20, but she barely has any wrinkles, and she's like 75 or something. My paternal grandmother sort of looks aged.

[Geto-Thracian]

Guess we better read into this a bit, nothing is 100%...probably just loosely associated.

[Polako]

Guess we better read into this a bit, nothing is 100%...probably just loosely associated.

Of course, in the end, many genes and environmental factors determine the pace of the aging process. This is just one piece of the puzzle.

[Geto-Thracian]

Of course, in the end, many genes and environmental factors determine the pace of the aging process. This is just one piece of the puzzle.

Clearly the secret in my bloodline is not in telomere length...perhaps it is in the longer individual generation-lengths of cells, and not how many times they divide or are "reborn"

[Pallantides]

CT

My dad looks really old for his age(he used to drink and smoke a lot.), but my mother looks really young.

[amenoameno]

I'm TT. Is that good or bad?

[karakoyunlu]

good


I'm TT. Is that good or bad?

[ethioboy]

Im CC.. but all my grandparents have lived to be over 85.. I even have met my great grandmother before she died.

In fact only thing Im really 'high' risk for is type 2 diabetes..

[AlexDelarge]

CT

My dad looks really old for his age(he used to drink and smoke a lot.), but my mother looks really young.

Same on all accounts.

[CWF]

CT but my family is well known for aging extremely well. Also, we're Black and it don't crack.

[yahooland]

TT here :)