In the JAGS journal for Geriatrics, Emily Adams and her colleagues assessed incidences centenarian offsprings had with age-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease. In other words, are the offsprings of centenarians prone to live shorter lives due to age-related disease or does their "pre-disposal" to healthy aging allow them to avoid diseases? This longitudinal study surveyed 440 centenarian offspring participants and 192 control participants (72 year old people who are not offspring of centenarians). This study spanned 9 years from 1997-2006. The results followed as so:
The offsprings had a 78% lower chance of cardiovascular problems; 83% lower risk of a stroke; 86% lower risk of developing diabetes; and 81% higher probability to live longer than the control group.
Thus this study concluded that centenarian offsprings have an natural advantage from their parents to live a longer, healthier life than that of 'normal' elderly people.
This academic journal demonstrates that centenarians possess some type of gene that transfers over to their offspring; thus the offspring has a high probability of longevity just as their parents. What I wonder now though, is do the 2nd generation of offsprings have the same likelihood to live a longer life?
Oct 18, 2009
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