Re: Old-aging factors/coffee

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I’m reading the book “The Youth Pill” which I plan to post about with a summary as soon as I get a chance. The book is excellent. Coffee is cited in this book as having longevity properties, with lots of backup data! The positive benefits of coffee dovetails with past posts here (and which can be checked in the archives). Perhaps they need more subjects in the study below, which is a small cohort (under 1000 subjects).

On 2/11/11 11:11 AM, " Al Pater " <old542000@...> wrote:

The below paper is free full text. Wow.

Factors associated with reaching 90 years of age: a study of men born in 1913 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Wilhelmsen L, Svärdsudd K, sson H, Rosengren A, Hansson PO, Welin C, Odén A, Welin L.

J Intern Med. 2010 Nov 26. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2010.02331.x. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID: 21175902

http://www.ips.gu.se/digitalAssets/1326/1326464_factors-associated-with-reaching-90-years-of-age.pdf <http://www.ips.gu.se/digitalAssets/1326/1326464_factors-associated-with-reaching-90-years-of-age.pdf>

Abstract

Objectives.

Increasing numbers of people reach old age. We wanted to identify variables of importance for reaching 90 years old and determine how the predictive ability of these variables might change over time.

Setting and subjects.

All men in the city of Gothenburg born in 1913 on dates divisible by 3, which is on the 3rd, 6th, 9th etc., were included in the study. Thus, 973 men were invited, and 855 were examined in 1963 at age 50. Further examinations were made at age 54, 60 and 67. Anthropometric data, lifestyle and parental factors, blood pressure, lung function, X-ray of heart and lungs and maximum work performance were recorded. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was used to analyse the predictive capacity of a variable.

Results.

A total of 111 men (13%) reached 90 years of age, men who reached 90 years were more likely at age 50 to be nonsmokers, consume less coffee, have higher socio-economic status and have low serum cholesterol levels than those who did not reach this age; however, at age 50 or 62, parents' survival was of no prognostic importance. Variables of greatest importance at higher ages were low blood pressure and measures related to good cardiorespiratory function. In multivariable analysis, including all examinations, being a nonsmoker, consuming small amounts of coffee, having high housing costs at age 50, good maximum working capacity and low serum cholesterol were related to a better chance of survival to age 90.

Conclusions.

Low levels of cardiovascular risk factors, high socio-economic status and good functional capacity, irrespective of parents' survival, characterize men destined to reach the age of 90.

-- Al Pater, alpater@... <mailto:alpater@...> -- Aalt Pater

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I'm 75, my bro is 87 and we've helped to keep the coffee beans in a wealthy status.

Coffee is probably the most talked about baddy/goody in the do/don't world.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2782871/pdf/nihms122930.pdf?tool=pmcentrez

"Greater consumption of caffeine also has been found to reduce cognitive decline in women,

[334], to reduce the incidence of dementia [335], and to be associated with reduced risk of AD

in a retrospective study that measured caffeine consumption over a 20 year period prior to AD

assessment [336]. The beneficial effects of caffeine may be through mechanisms that reduce

Aβ production [337] or by increasing the level of brain proteins important for learning and

memory such as brain derived neurotrophic factor [338].

regards

Re: [ ] Old-aging factors/coffee

I’m reading the book “The Youth Pill” which I plan to post about with a summary as soon as I get a chance. The book is excellent. Coffee is cited in this book as having longevity properties, with lots of backup data! The positive benefits of coffee dovetails with past posts here (and which can be checked in the archives). Perhaps they need more subjects in the study below, which is a small cohort (under 1000 subjects).On 2/11/11 11:11 AM, "Al Pater" <old542000@...> wrote:

The below paper is free full text. Wow. Factors associated with reaching 90 years of age: a study of men born in 1913 in Gothenburg, Sweden.Wilhelmsen L, Svärdsudd K, sson H, Rosengren A, Hansson PO, Welin C, Odén A, Welin L.J Intern Med. 2010 Nov 26. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2010.02331.x. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 21175902http://www.ips.gu.se/digitalAssets/1326/1326464_factors-associated-with-reaching-90-years-of-age.pdf <http://www.ips.gu.se/digitalAssets/1326/1326464_factors-associated-with-reaching-90-years-of-age.pdf> Abstract Objectives. Increasing numbers of people reach old age. We wanted to identify variables of importance for reaching 90 years old and determine how the predictive ability of these variables might change over time. Setting and subjects. All men in the city of Gothenburg born in 1913 on dates divisible by 3, which is on the 3rd, 6th, 9th etc., were included in the study. Thus, 973 men were invited, and 855 were examined in 1963 at age 50. Further examinations were made at age 54, 60 and 67. Anthropometric data, lifestyle and parental factors, blood pressure, lung function, X-ray of heart and lungs and maximum work performance were recorded. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was used to analyse the predictive capacity of a variable. Results. A total of 111 men (13%) reached 90 years of age, men who reached 90 years were more likely at age 50 to be nonsmokers, consume less coffee, have higher socio-economic status and have low serum cholesterol levels than those who did not reach this age; however, at age 50 or 62, parents' survival was of no prognostic importance. Variables of greatest importance at higher ages were low blood pressure and measures related to good cardiorespiratory function. In multivariable analysis, including all examinations, being a nonsmoker, consuming small amounts of coffee, having high housing costs at age 50, good maximum working capacity and low serum cholesterol were related to a better chance of survival to age 90. Conclusions. Low levels of cardiovascular risk factors, high socio-economic status and good functional capacity, irrespective of parents' survival, characterize men destined to reach the age of 90.-- Al Pater, alpater@... <mailto:alpater@...> -- Aalt Pater

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