[Determination of the biological age]

By biological age there is understood the state of the organism reached at a certain point of the chronological age including physical and psychical parameters. It is reported on tests to measure the biological age of the human being with the help of test batteries. Up to now over 1,000 persons have been included, both "normal persons" and groups of patients with risk factors as overweight, hypertony, and diabetes mellitus. The motivation for studies like these arises out of practical necessities. The determination of the biological age makes it possible e.g. to recognize expositional factors that may influence the living process. This method is also applicable to determine the individual physical capacity as well as its use for the control of geriatric ways of therapy.