Guest guest Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Hi folks: Here are the eight common factors found among the centenarians in the ongoing New England Centenarian Sudy: 1. Few centenarians are obese. In the case of men, they are nearly always lean. 2. Substantial smoking history is rare. 3. A preliminary study suggests that centenarians are better able to handle stress than the majority of people. 4. Our finding that many centenarians (30%) had no significant changes in their thinking abilities disproved the expectation by many that all centenarians would be demented (4). We also discovered that Alzheimer's Disease was not inevitable. Some centenarians had very healthy brains (5). 5. Many centenarian women have a history of bearing children after the age of 35 years and even 40 years. From our studies, a woman who naturally has a child after the age of 40 has a 4 times greater chance of living to 100 compared to women who do not (6). It is probably not the act of bearing a child in one's forties that promotes long life, but rather, doing so may be an indicator that the woman's reproductive system is aging slowly and that the rest of her body is as well. Such slow aging and the avoidance or delay of diseases that adversely impact reproduction would bode well for the woman's subsequent ability to achieve very old age. 6. At least 50% of centenarians have first-degree relatives and/or grandparents who also achieve very old age, and many have exceptionally old siblings. Male siblings of centenarians have an 11 times greater chance than other men born around the same time of reaching age 97 years and female siblings have an 8½ greater chance than other females also born around the same time of achieving age 100 (7). 7. Many of the children of centenarians (age range of 65 to 82 years) appear to be following in their parents' footsteps with marked delays in cardiovascular disease, diabetes and overall mortality (8). 8. Exceptional longevity runs strongly in families. Brothers and sisters of centenarians maintain half the mortality rate of other people born in the same time period, from age 20 all the way into extreme old age. The cumulative effect of this year-to-year survival advantage is that the brothers have a 17 times greater chance of living to 100 and the sisters have an 8 times greater chance (9). " Rodney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 But number 1, those are going to be leaner just because of heart aging. Question is what were they at say 60yo? 5,6,7,and 8 are related to genes. Did you find a web site with more data perhaps? Regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rodney Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:58 PM Subject: [ ] Centenarians: Hi folks:Here are the eight common factors found among the centenarians in the ongoing New England Centenarian Sudy:1. Few centenarians are obese. In the case of men, they are nearly always lean.2. Substantial smoking history is rare. 3. A preliminary study suggests that centenarians are better able to handle stress than the majority of people. 4. Our finding that many centenarians (30%) had no significant changes in their thinking abilities disproved the expectation by many that all centenarians would be demented (4). We also discovered that Alzheimer's Disease was not inevitable. Some centenarians had very healthy brains (5). 5. Many centenarian women have a history of bearing children after the age of 35 years and even 40 years. From our studies, a woman who naturally has a child after the age of 40 has a 4 times greater chance of living to 100 compared to women who do not (6). It is probably not the act of bearing a child in one's forties that promotes long life, but rather, doing so may be an indicator that the woman's reproductive system is aging slowly and that the rest of her body is as well. Such slow aging and the avoidance or delay of diseases that adversely impact reproduction would bode well for the woman's subsequent ability to achieve very old age. 6. At least 50% of centenarians have first-degree relatives and/or grandparents who also achieve very old age, and many have exceptionally old siblings. Male siblings of centenarians have an 11 times greater chance than other men born around the same time of reaching age 97 years and female siblings have an 8½ greater chance than other females also born around the same time of achieving age 100 (7). 7. Many of the children of centenarians (age range of 65 to 82 years) appear to be following in their parents' footsteps with marked delays in cardiovascular disease, diabetes and overall mortality (8). 8. Exceptional longevity runs strongly in families. Brothers and sisters of centenarians maintain half the mortality rate of other people born in the same time period, from age 20 all the way into extreme old age. The cumulative effect of this year-to-year survival advantage is that the brothers have a 17 times greater chance of living to 100 and the sisters have an 8 times greater chance (9). "Rodney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 Recalling that the last female WWI veteran just died recently, it occurred to me that the centys may have a lot more in common, like being able to avoid places like Iraq. Longevity genes play a prominent role but maybe not in places with limited food supply. The Dutch famine in WWII, lowered BP a lot, but I note there aren't a lot of Dutch centys. That means luck can be a large factor over a 100 yr period. A guy always having a job/income, always married to the same woman, always cared for by relatives, etc. Regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rodney Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:58 PM Subject: [ ] Centenarians: Hi folks:Here are the eight common factors found among the centenarians in the ongoing New England Centenarian Sudy:1. Few centenarians are obese. In the case of men, they are nearly always lean.2. Substantial smoking history is rare. 3. A preliminary study suggests that centenarians are better able to handle stress than the majority of people. 4. Our finding that many centenarians (30%) had no significant changes in their thinking abilities disproved the expectation by many that all centenarians would be demented (4). We also discovered that Alzheimer's Disease was not inevitable. Some centenarians had very healthy brains (5). 5. Many centenarian women have a history of bearing children after the age of 35 years and even 40 years. From our studies, a woman who naturally has a child after the age of 40 has a 4 times greater chance of living to 100 compared to women who do not (6). It is probably not the act of bearing a child in one's forties that promotes long life, but rather, doing so may be an indicator that the woman's reproductive system is aging slowly and that the rest of her body is as well. Such slow aging and the avoidance or delay of diseases that adversely impact reproduction would bode well for the woman's subsequent ability to achieve very old age. 6. At least 50% of centenarians have first-degree relatives and/or grandparents who also achieve very old age, and many have exceptionally old siblings. Male siblings of centenarians have an 11 times greater chance than other men born around the same time of reaching age 97 years and female siblings have an 8½ greater chance than other females also born around the same time of achieving age 100 (7). 7. Many of the children of centenarians (age range of 65 to 82 years) appear to be following in their parents' footsteps with marked delays in cardiovascular disease, diabetes and overall mortality (8). 8. Exceptional longevity runs strongly in families. Brothers and sisters of centenarians maintain half the mortality rate of other people born in the same time period, from age 20 all the way into extreme old age. The cumulative effect of this year-to-year survival advantage is that the brothers have a 17 times greater chance of living to 100 and the sisters have an 8 times greater chance (9). "Rodney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 Hi JW: This is the website: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/Dept/Home.aspx?DepartmentID=361 Rodney. --- In , " jwwright " <jwwright@e...> wrote: > But number 1, those are going to be leaner just because of heart aging. Question is what were they at say 60yo? 5,6,7,and 8 are related to genes. Did you find a web site with more data perhaps? > > Regards. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rodney > > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:58 PM > Subject: [ ] Centenarians: > > > > Hi folks: > > Here are the eight common factors found among the centenarians in the > ongoing New England Centenarian Sudy: > > 1. Few centenarians are obese. In the case of men, they are nearly > always lean. > > 2. Substantial smoking history is rare. > > 3. A preliminary study suggests that centenarians are better able to > handle stress than the majority of people. > > 4. Our finding that many centenarians (30%) had no significant > changes in their thinking abilities disproved the expectation by many > that all centenarians would be demented (4). We also discovered that > Alzheimer's Disease was not inevitable. Some centenarians had very > healthy brains (5). > > 5. Many centenarian women have a history of bearing children after > the age of 35 years and even 40 years. From our studies, a woman who > naturally has a child after the age of 40 has a 4 times greater > chance of living to 100 compared to women who do not (6). It is > probably not the act of bearing a child in one's forties that > promotes long life, but rather, doing so may be an indicator that the > woman's reproductive system is aging slowly and that the rest of her > body is as well. Such slow aging and the avoidance or delay of > diseases that adversely impact reproduction would bode well for the > woman's subsequent ability to achieve very old age. > > 6. At least 50% of centenarians have first-degree relatives and/or > grandparents who also achieve very old age, and many have > exceptionally old siblings. Male siblings of centenarians have an 11 > times greater chance than other men born around the same time of > reaching age 97 years and female siblings have an 8½ greater chance > than other females also born around the same time of achieving age > 100 (7). > > 7. Many of the children of centenarians (age range of 65 to 82 > years) appear to be following in their parents' footsteps with marked > delays in cardiovascular disease, diabetes and overall mortality (8). > > 8. Exceptional longevity runs strongly in families. Brothers and > sisters of centenarians maintain half the mortality rate of other > people born in the same time period, from age 20 all the way into > extreme old age. The cumulative effect of this year-to-year survival > advantage is that the brothers have a 17 times greater chance of > living to 100 and the sisters have an 8 times greater chance (9). " > > Rodney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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