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Your heart may be hiding a truth your age can’t explain. Scientists have found a way to calculate your biological heart age—using nothing more than ECG data and artificial intelligence. It’s not about how many candles were on your last birthday cake. It’s about how old your heart really is, based on how it’s functioning.
And for many Indians, that number may be uncomfortably high.
India has earned a troubling distinction: the world’s capital for early-onset heart disease. Heart attacks in the 30s and 40s are no longer rare headlines—they’re reality. High blood pressure, diabetes, stress, sedentary jobs, unbalanced and nutritionally poor diets, and minimal exercise have quietly become the lifestyle of the Indian middle and upper class. And the result? Our hearts are aging faster than we are.
Using ECG—a simple, non-invasive test of the heart’s electrical activity—combined with machine learning, doctors can now estimate how old your heart behaves. This biological heart age can be a clearer predictor of future health risks than traditional risk calculators.
You may feel healthy—but if your heart age is older than your actual age, your risk of heart failure, stroke, and even death rises sharply. And for many Indians in sedentary, high-stress jobs, that gap is more common than you’d think.
What You Can Do
This isn’t just about living longer. It’s about living well—and ensuring your heart keeps pace with the life you’ve worked hard to build.
In a country where health often takes a backseat until crisis strikes, tools like heart age estimation offer a rare and valuable window: to look inward, act early, and age well.