Re: ] Re: High IQ = Longevity

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This is all very strange as all IQ tests are weighted

differently and the most common ones are not designed

or intended to measure IQs much beyond 125...

I wish they'd list the IQ tests used and how they were

normed!

--- Rodney <perspect1111@...> wrote:

> Hi Jeff:

>

> My suggestion for the reason for the association

> between IQ and

> longevity is simple. Better nutrition of the fetus

> and in early

> childhood produces both better physical health and

> better brain

> development, including intelligence.

>

> So a high IQ is a marker for better early nutrition

> which also

> benefits the child's physical health, mortality and

> longevity.

>

> fwiw

>

> Rodney.

>

>

> >

> > I was just thinkin'!

> >

> >

> >

> > Jeff

> >

> >

> >

> > Smarter kids may live longer: study

> >

> > By Amy Norton 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

> >

> > NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smarter children may

> enjoy longer

> lives, the results of a new study suggest.

> >

> > The study, which followed elderly adults deemed

> gifted by childhood

> IQ tests, found that the higher their early IQs

> were, the longer they

> lived -- up to a point, at least. The survival

> advantage began to

> plateau after a childhood IQ of 163, an intelligence

> level few people

> reach.

> >

> > Dr. Laurie T. and D. Kubzansky of the

> Harvard School

> of Public Health report these findings in the

> American Journal of

> Epidemiology.

> >

> > Though the reasons for the link between IQ and

> longevity are not

> clear, it does not appear to be merely a reflection

> of income and

> social position. As children, the participants were

> from affluent

> families and most were white. Yet childhood IQ was

> still a factor in

> their lifespan.

> >

> > Similarly, in an earlier study of Americans with

> more varied

> childhood IQs and family incomes, found that

> IQ was related to

> health problems independently of socioeconomics.

> >

> > This, she told Reuters Health, suggests that IQ

> affects longevity

> among lower-income people as well.

> >

> > As research has already linked IQ to mortality,

> the current study,

> according to , was in part an attempt to see

> how far the IQ-

> health advantage extends. The researchers expected

> there to be a

> cutoff at which a high IQ no longer brought any

> extra health benefits.

> >

> > And there was. But, said, they were

> surprised at how high

> that cutoff turned out to be.

> >

> > IQs of 163 or higher are not often seen; the

> average IQ score in

> the general population is 100 (by definition), and

> children who score

> above 130 are considered " gifted. "

> >

> > The current study is based on data from 862 men

> and women followed

> since childhood, starting in 1922, until 1986. All

> had childhood IQs

> of 135 or higher, with the average being 151.

> >

> > The researchers found that, up to the cutoff point

> of 163,

> participants' risk of dying during a given period

> decreased as their

> IQ increased; for example, those with a childhood IQ

> of 150 had a 44

> percent lower risk of death than those with an IQ of

> 135.

> >

> > Though it's not clear why childhood IQ itself

> might affect a

> person's lifetime health, and Kubzansky point

> to several

> possibilities. For one, these children may be more

> likely to take up

> healthy habits like regular exercise, while shunning

> health risks

> like smoking. They are also more likely to get

> high-paying, prominent

> jobs as adults, with all the advantages that

> confers.

> >

> > And in general, noted, IQ scores reflect a

> " set of skills, "

> like reasoning, planning and communication, that

> affect how people

> manage their health -- from talking with their

> doctors to dealing

> with a complex healthcare system.

> >

> > Understanding exactly why IQ affects longevity,

> according to

> , could ultimately help improve health and

> healthcare for

> everyone.

> >

> > SOURCE: American Journal of Epidemiology, November

> 2005.

> >

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

This is all very strange as all IQ tests are weighted

differently and the most common ones are not designed

or intended to measure IQs much beyond 125...

I wish they'd list the IQ tests used and how they were

normed!

--- Rodney <perspect1111@...> wrote:

> Hi Jeff:

>

> My suggestion for the reason for the association

> between IQ and

> longevity is simple. Better nutrition of the fetus

> and in early

> childhood produces both better physical health and

> better brain

> development, including intelligence.

>

> So a high IQ is a marker for better early nutrition

> which also

> benefits the child's physical health, mortality and

> longevity.

>

> fwiw

>

> Rodney.

>

>

> >

> > I was just thinkin'!

> >

> >

> >

> > Jeff

> >

> >

> >

> > Smarter kids may live longer: study

> >

> > By Amy Norton 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

> >

> > NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smarter children may

> enjoy longer

> lives, the results of a new study suggest.

> >

> > The study, which followed elderly adults deemed

> gifted by childhood

> IQ tests, found that the higher their early IQs

> were, the longer they

> lived -- up to a point, at least. The survival

> advantage began to

> plateau after a childhood IQ of 163, an intelligence

> level few people

> reach.

> >

> > Dr. Laurie T. and D. Kubzansky of the

> Harvard School

> of Public Health report these findings in the

> American Journal of

> Epidemiology.

> >

> > Though the reasons for the link between IQ and

> longevity are not

> clear, it does not appear to be merely a reflection

> of income and

> social position. As children, the participants were

> from affluent

> families and most were white. Yet childhood IQ was

> still a factor in

> their lifespan.

> >

> > Similarly, in an earlier study of Americans with

> more varied

> childhood IQs and family incomes, found that

> IQ was related to

> health problems independently of socioeconomics.

> >

> > This, she told Reuters Health, suggests that IQ

> affects longevity

> among lower-income people as well.

> >

> > As research has already linked IQ to mortality,

> the current study,

> according to , was in part an attempt to see

> how far the IQ-

> health advantage extends. The researchers expected

> there to be a

> cutoff at which a high IQ no longer brought any

> extra health benefits.

> >

> > And there was. But, said, they were

> surprised at how high

> that cutoff turned out to be.

> >

> > IQs of 163 or higher are not often seen; the

> average IQ score in

> the general population is 100 (by definition), and

> children who score

> above 130 are considered " gifted. "

> >

> > The current study is based on data from 862 men

> and women followed

> since childhood, starting in 1922, until 1986. All

> had childhood IQs

> of 135 or higher, with the average being 151.

> >

> > The researchers found that, up to the cutoff point

> of 163,

> participants' risk of dying during a given period

> decreased as their

> IQ increased; for example, those with a childhood IQ

> of 150 had a 44

> percent lower risk of death than those with an IQ of

> 135.

> >

> > Though it's not clear why childhood IQ itself

> might affect a

> person's lifetime health, and Kubzansky point

> to several

> possibilities. For one, these children may be more

> likely to take up

> healthy habits like regular exercise, while shunning

> health risks

> like smoking. They are also more likely to get

> high-paying, prominent

> jobs as adults, with all the advantages that

> confers.

> >

> > And in general, noted, IQ scores reflect a

> " set of skills, "

> like reasoning, planning and communication, that

> affect how people

> manage their health -- from talking with their

> doctors to dealing

> with a complex healthcare system.

> >

> > Understanding exactly why IQ affects longevity,

> according to

> , could ultimately help improve health and

> healthcare for

> everyone.

> >

> > SOURCE: American Journal of Epidemiology, November

> 2005.

> >

>

>

>

>

>

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