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ArticleNPJ digital medicine2025

Artificial intelligence-derived retinal age gap as a marker for reproductive aging in women.

Hanpei Miao, Sian Liu, Zehua Wang, Yu Ke, Linling Cheng, Wenyao Yu, Dihui Yu, Kang Zhang, Yuanxu Gao, Zhuo Sun

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Article in NPJ digital medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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Hanpei Miao *The Tenth Affiliated Hospital, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Dongguan, 523059, China.
Sian Liu *Department of Ophthalmology, The Third People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, 213001, China.
Zehua Wang *Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, 510000, Guangdong, China.
Yu KeThe Tenth Affiliated Hospital, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Dongguan, 523059, China.
Linling ChengInstitute for AI in Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, 999078, China.
Wenyao YuDepartment of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, CA, 92093-0021, USA.
Dihui YuWenzhou Eye Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Eye Health, Institute for Advanced Studies on Eye Health and Diseases, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, Zhejiang, China.
Kang ZhangThe Tenth Affiliated Hospital, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Dongguan, 523059, China. kang.zhang@gmail.com.
Yuanxu GaoInstitute for AI in Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, 999078, China. yuanxu.carl@gmail.com.
Zhuo SunDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Third People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, 213001, China. czsysunzhuo1982@163.com.

Funding

Guangzhou National Laboratory YW-SLJC0201Macao Young Scholars Program AM2023024National Natural Science Foundation of China W2431057the Macau Science and Technology Development Fund 0003/2021/AKP
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reproductive aging impacts women's health through fertility decline, disease susceptibility, and systemic aging. This study explores the retinal age gap-the difference between predicted retinal age and chronological age-as a novel biomarker for reproductive aging. By developing a Swin-Transformer-based dual-channel transfer learning model with data from 1294 healthy women, we examined associations between the retinal age gap and Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH), a key marker of ovarian reserve. Findings revealed a negative association between the retinal age gap and AMH levels, particularly among women aged 40-50. Lower AMH levels correlated with earlier reproductive aging milestones, emphasizing the predictive value of retinal aging. Genetic data from genome-wide association studies further supported these associations and enhanced AMH prediction through multimodal modeling. These findings highlight the retinal age gap as a promising, non-invasive biomarker for reproductive aging and its potential role in disease prediction and personalized health interventions in women.

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