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The Pace of Aging (PoA) framework addresses this by modeling longitudinal changes across multiple biomarkers. However, the original Dunedin PoA assigns equal weight to all biomarkers and was derived from a young cohort with limited mortality follow-up, which restricts its applicability in older populations and in settings where biomarker relevance is uncertain.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We developed a weighted Pace of Aging (wPoA) using data from the Swedish Adoption\/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA), a longitudinal cohort of older adults with up to nine waves of biomarker data collected over three decades. Using mixed-effects models, we estimated individual random intercepts and slopes for 10 biomarkers and assigned weights to these random effects based on their association with time-to-mortality. This mortality-informed weighting distinguishes the wPoA from the original Dunedin PoA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We found that wPoA was positively correlated with established biological age predictors and more strongly correlated with low-dimensional predictors such as the Functional Aging Index (FAA) and the Frailty Index (FI). Modest correlations across all considered predictors suggest that each measure captures distinct aspects of biological aging.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In conclusion, the wPoA framework introduces a data-driven weighting of random effects and is particularly well-suited for aging cohorts and in settings where marker relevance is uncertain a priori, such as high-dimensional or omics-based contexts. 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