Measurement of biological age and vitality
The BioAging® System is a software for any PC and Mac (with Microsoft Windows XP). When having installed the software you can measure all evidence based risk factors, biomarkers and all other parameters for prevention and AntiAging diagnostic.

The BioAging® software covers all physical functions that are on the decline as a result of age and/or that embody specific indicators of disease. With this software you are able to measure the following organ parts: cardio-vascular-system, lung, muscles, brain function, joints, bones, skin and hormones. For the detection of specific risks, you can choose risk screenings, which means that for the respective symptoms, it is easier for the physician to select a pre-setting that has been developed in line with evidence-based guidelines. As a result, the doctor can examine the patient with a high degree of efficiency, at savings to costs and in the interests of prevention; the examination is hence specific to the organs examined and the vitality and laboratory parameter selected by the physician against the background of the latest scientific insights: cardio-vascular system (including cardiac infarction, stroke and arteriosclerosis), diabetes type II, osteoporosis, dementia, depression and malignant tumors.

All data of the health history and diagnostic are gathered interactively on the computer. You can enter all necessary lab counts (hormones, risk-lab i.e.) later into the software. The system generates a 20-page report with the evaluation of the data. All values will be compared with the average of people of the same age and gender. See the following information to learn more about the BioAging® parameters.

Functional organ vitality in relation to the rise in age-related disease



Health history questionnaire
Analysis of lifestyle and patient anamnesis – a digital questionnaire

The patient's anamnesis is comprised of an interactive questionnaire, which can be completed directly at the PC by the patient without the assistance of medical professionals. The anamnesis questionnaire puts questions of relevance to the patient's health, all of which can be answered by an appropriate click on the respective text contents. The following aspects are covered:

• Family anamnesis (familial risks and life expectancy)
• Personal anamnesis in respect of risks such as heart attack, stroke, osteoporosis, diabetes,    malignant growth
• Questions on lifestyle
• Questions on sports and diet
• Questions on ailments (based on Heinemann method for men, Menopause rating scale for    women)
• Analysis of sports practiced, detailing the discipline, time input and energy consumption (in Kcal).

The answers to the various questions provide the substance of the BioAging® health report (Word document) in which text modules generate a summary assessment. The sentences are simply worded so as to be easily un-derstood. An overview in graph form with green and red bars reflects the biological age of the patient, such as derived from the patient's responses (i.e. anamnesis and lifestyle).

(Health history questionnaire)


Diagnostic
The computer guided diagnostic module covers all systemic health parameters that reflect the age-related loss of vitality and hence the biological status of aging. The following biomarkers are determined in the system:
• State of health (questionnaire)
• Body composition (BMI, waist to hip ratio (women), waist circumference (men and women)
• Bioimpediance analysis (body fat percentage, lean body mass and body cell mass)
• Cerebral function tests (7 tests sensoric system, memory, assoziation, coordination)
• Muscle tests (Handgrip, muscletests for arms and legs)
• Flexibility of joints
• Cardiovascular function (blood pressure-knee-bend-test, VO2Max, Suunto/Polar index)
• Pulmonary function (VC, FVC, FEV-1)


(Cerebral function: acoustical reaction)


(Cerebral function: Landolt-Test)


(Pulmonary function: measurement of VC, FVC and FEV-1)


Laboratory diagnostics
Once the test results are available, input of the laboratory data is carried out manually. Most substances are checked for compliance with fixed upper and lower limit values (that can be altered by the physician). Analytes that change in course depending on age are compared to age-related values and analogously allocated a biological age. The health report will always specify the divergence calculated from the lower age-related standard value, from the age-related median value and a “biological age value”. This applies to the following analytes that are subject to change with increasing age.

• Testosterone
• Free testosterone
•DHEAS
•IGF 1

BioAging Health Report
This part of the report consists of a simple text, which can also be understood by medical non-professionals. It is compiled from the responses to multiple-choice questions from the health anamnesis questionnaire. For each chapter there is a paragraph specifying the respective biological age. The overview at the end makes it easy for you to identify any divergence.



(BioAging doctors program showing results of a session)

The software provides physicians with well-structured and systemic software for clinical routine in the specialties of preventive medicine, AntiAging medicine and salutogenesis at the highest medical standard. For the classical medical disciplines too, such as general medicine, internal medicine, sports medicine, neurology, gynecology, urology, orthopedics, dermatology and plastic surgery, the BioAging® system is a significant enhancement to diagnostics. Parallel to the systemic measurement of the functional organ vitality and biological aging, the attending physician is now in a position to actually target prevention and screen for risks. The BioAging System is available in more than 10 languages and has become the standard in biological age measurement in more than 20 countries worldwide. For more information please contact us.