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Editorial
. 2021 Mar;69(3):610-612.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.17011. Epub 2021 Jan 18.

Heterogeneity of Aging: Individual Risk Factors, Mechanisms, Patient Priorities, and Outcomes

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Heterogeneity of Aging: Individual Risk Factors, Mechanisms, Patient Priorities, and Outcomes

Luigi Ferrucci et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Mar.
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Conflict of Interest: The authors have no conflicts.

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Figure 1.
Evidence of increased heterogeneity in glucose handling with aging. Heterogeneity in both fasting glucose in people who do not self-report diabetes (A) and 2-hour glucose after an oral glucose tolerance test among those with fasting glucose less than 100 mg/dL (B) increases substantially with aging (unpublished data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging).

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