Differences in biological age were largest for people with bipolar disorder, smallest for anxiety disorder and for depression was in between.
People with mental illness have the body of a person up to two years older than they actually are, a study has revealed.
People with anxiety, bipolar and depression have long been known to also suffer from worse physical health and now scientists may have found evidence to suggest this is because mental health is linked to accelerated ageing.
Dr Julian Mutz, a postdoctoral researcher at King’s College London, led a project which analysed data on 168 different blood metabolites (products of metabolism) from 110,780 participants in the UK Biobank study.
The profile of markers in the blood revealed people with mental health conditions resembled a person older than the patient’s actual age, the data show.
“We examined biological ageing in people with bipolar disorder, depression or anxiety disorder,” Dr Mutz told the Telegraph.
“We found that across these diagnoses, people with a history of mental illness had an older biological age than their actual age.
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Anxiety and depression linked to accelerated ageing of the body
Anxiety and depression linked to accelerated ageing of the body
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