Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Scientists: Longevity is transmitted from parents to children – REGNUM

Exeter, United Kingdom, August 17, 2016, 15:04 – REGNUM British experts came to the conclusion that a person’s chances to survive until the age of 70 is much higher if one or both parents also lived at least 70 years. Results of the experiment, which lasted eight years, published edition of Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Scientists from the University of Exeter have attracted to participate in the study, more than 186 thousand. volunteers aged 55 to 73 years. It turns out that if one or both parents person lived to 70 years, the probability that he also will live to the age of 70 increased by 17%.

If kto-libo one or both of parents reached 100 years of age, the chance of their child to live to 70 years of increases by 68%.

in addition, children whose parents crossed the 70-year milestone, a 7% reduced risk of cancer and 20% – the risk of heart and vascular diseases

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