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Epigenetic Age Test
An epigenetic age test reads the biological age of your cells rather than the years on your passport. AIWO runs it with TruDiagnostic, and Zen Vitals books it for about 10% less than booking direct.
Book a ConsultationWhat the test actually is
AIWO works with TruDiagnostic, a world leader in epigenetic testing, to offer an at-home kit that assesses your biological age and the pace of cellular ageing. It is a dry blood spot collection, so it can be done remotely and does not need a clinic visit.
AIWO handles the logistics of getting your sample from India to the TruDiagnostic laboratory in the USA, where around 900,000 DNA methylation sites are analysed. That methylation pattern is what produces your DNA methylation age, and it is why this is a cellular aging test rather than a standard blood panel.
What the report includes
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OMICm Age Report
Measures your biological age using epigenetic markers across around one million DNA sites. Comparing your OMICm Age to your chronological age shows whether you are ageing faster or slower than average, which carries implications for risks including heart disease, cancer, stroke, type 2 diabetes, COPD and depression. This is the core biological age test result.
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DunedinPACE Report
Calculates the current pace of your biological ageing. Unlike a static number, this aging rate test works like a speedometer: it tells you how quickly your body is ageing right now, and whether your present lifestyle is accelerating or slowing that rate.
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Immune Report
A functional assessment of your immune system through epigenetic analysis. It predicts the concentration of various immune cell types, such as T-cells, and flags patterns associated with ageing, disease or immune dysregulation, giving early warning of risks such as infection or autoimmune conditions.
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Telomere Length Report
Telomeres are protective DNA caps at the ends of chromosomes that shorten with cell division and age. The report estimates your telomere length, which is linked to cellular ageing. Shorter telomeres can indicate higher risk for age-related disease.
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Type 2 Diabetes Risk Report
Evaluates epigenetic markers at specific gene sites, including ABCG1 and PHOSPHO1, known to be associated with increased or decreased risk for type 2 diabetes. The output is a personalised risk score based on your own DNA methylation profile.
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Inflammation Report
Assesses DNA methylation signatures associated with inflammatory processes. Chronic inflammation can accelerate biological ageing and predispose you to a range of diseases, and this section quantifies your systemic inflammation risk.
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Mitotic Clock Report
Estimates the rate of stem cell division in your body. A higher mitotic rate is associated with greater cancer risk and cell turnover. The mitotic clock uses methylation patterns to give insight into your cellular replication history.
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Fitness Age Report
Incorporates physical performance metrics such as grip strength, gait speed and VO2 max into the epigenetic age calculation, telling you how old your body appears based on fitness and showing the effect of exercise on your ageing trajectory.
Questions the test answers
This is the practical value of a methylation age test: it turns vague concern about ageing into questions with numbers attached.
- For each calendar year that passes, how many years is my body actually ageing?
- How long are my telomeres?
- My birthday makes me a given age, but how old is my body biologically?
- How does my relationship with alcohol consumption affect my DNA expression and ageing?
- According to my DNA expression, am I likely to lose weight by restricting calorie intake?
- How has my lifetime exposure to tobacco smoke affected my DNA expression and ageing?
- What can I do to improve my age-related biological metrics?
- What does my raw data say?
Who it suits
It suits people who already track their health and want a single summary measure to move. An online biological age calculator guesses from lifestyle answers; this measures methylation directly, so a biological aging assessment gives you a rate to improve rather than a list of markers to keep in range.
It also suits anyone building a healthspan assessment for the long term. Because the kit is posted, biological age testing India-wide is possible without travelling, which makes it a practical entry point into longevity diagnostics before committing to a clinic visit.
How it works and what to expect
Choose the package through Zen Vitals, complete payment, and the kit arrives by courier. Collect the sample at home using the kit provided, or visit AIWO's facility in Chennai if you would rather have it taken for you. Once AIWO receives it, the sample is shipped to TruDiagnostic's laboratory in the USA.
Your detailed report arrives by email within four to six weeks. AIWO's clinicians will walk you through the results on an online consultation, covering what the numbers mean for cellular health assessment and which changes are worth making. Nothing about a longevity test is useful until someone explains it in context.
What you do with the result
A single number is not a plan. AIWO uses the report as the starting point for age optimization work, retesting later to see whether the changes moved the needle.
- Sleep, training load and alcohol intake reviewed against your pace of ageing
- Inflammation and immune findings folded into a preventive health assessment
- Nutrition and supplement guidance forming a personalized longevity plan
- A retest interval agreed, so the second result means something
- Raw data supplied for your own records, alongside AIWO's healthy aging diagnostics summary
Booking through Zen Vitals
The kit, the laboratory and the clinicians are AIWO's. What Zen Vitals does is match you to the right test, book it, and save you an average of 10% against booking AIWO direct. If a full blood panel would tell you more for the money, we will say so before you buy.
Zen Vitals is an independent booking partner for AIWO Limited programmes.
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