What Your Eyes Say About Your Heart – and Your Lifespan

Study links inflammation-related proteins to retinal vascular aging.

Utilized data from 74,434 participants.

Assessing retinal complexity via fractal dimension.

New genetic locus identified near DAAM1 gene.

Lower fractal dimension correlated with cardiovascular risk.

Retinal imaging may serve as a noninvasive biomarker.

Further validation needed before clinical integration.