Apple Health-enabled Withings Body Cardio adds new ‘Vascular Age’ measurement

Withings launched the vascular age feature for its body cardio scale that works with Apple's Health app, as reported 9to5Mac on Tuesday.

Vascular age helps users measure their arterial health and can provide early warnings about potential cardiovascular issues.

"Vascular age provides a daily, easy-to-understand assessment of arterial health. It accomplishes this by showing people how their cardiovascular health compares to the norms expected within their age bracket, with an estimate of their inner heart age and an indication of whether it is optimum, normal, or not optimum for their chronological age," Withings said.

On the scale, vascular age is determined through pulse wave velocity, which analyses arterial stiffness and is used in clinical settings to give early warnings about increased risks of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, organ failure, myocardial infarction and stroke, the company added.