On the Commentary by Anatoly I. Mikhalsky Published in Biochemistry (Moscow), Vol. 88, No. 1, pp. 162-163 (2023)

Leonid A Gavrilov; Natalia S Gavrilova

doi:10.1134/S0006297923020116

On the Commentary by Anatoly I. Mikhalsky Published in Biochemistry (Moscow), Vol. 88, No. 1, pp. 162-163 (2023)

Biochemistry (Mosc). 2023 Feb;88(2):289. doi: 10.1134/S0006297923020116.

Authors

Leonid A Gavrilov^{1

2}, Natalia S Gavrilova^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Academic Research Centers, NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. lagavril@yahoo.com.
² Institute for Demographic Research, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 109028, Russia.
³ Academic Research Centers, NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

PMID: 37072334
DOI: 10.1134/S0006297923020116

Abstract

Caution is needed in using cohort data when studying age-related mortality dynamics, because mortality depends not only on age, but also on the changing living conditions over time. A hypothesis is proposed for further testing that the actuarial aging rate may even decrease in more recent birth cohorts of people due to improved living conditions.

Keywords: aging deceleration hypothesis; aging rate; cohort data; mortality.

MeSH terms

Aging*
Humans
Moscow