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Simple eye test measuring the retina’s age reveals how long you’ll live
- Someone 5y agoPaper (paywalled) at https://bjo.bmj.com/content/early/2021/11/17/bjophthalmol-2021-319807 https://bjo.bmj.com/content/early/2021/11/17/bjophthalmol-20... Based on the abstract, it seems to avoid discussing the question whether that test would be the best possible in terms of effort/cost vs quality. My guess would be that even a lay person would statistically be quite good at judging whether a person is at risk of dying early, for example by seeing them walk, looking at the smoothness of their skin, cursory reading a history occupant illnesses, and knowing whether they smoke or drink. Question then would be what this would add to the judgment of a general practitioner.