The Longevity Project » ABC http://thelongevityproject.com Prevention, cognition, sustainable aging Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:20:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Predictors of the Longevity Difference: A 25-Year Follow-Up http://thelongevityproject.com/predictors-of-the-longevity-difference-a-25-year-follow-up/ http://thelongevityproject.com/predictors-of-the-longevity-difference-a-25-year-follow-up/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:01:48 +0000 TLP http://thelongevityproject.com/?p=1046 Twenty-two variables were found to be significant predictors of longevity among 252 panelists in a 25-year longitudinal study of aging. The strongest independent predictors for men were health self-rating, work satisfaction, and performance intelligence; for women they were health satisfaction, past enjoyment of intercourse, and physical function rating. These predictors could constitute a combined difference in longevity of 16 years for men and 23 years for women.

Erdman B. Palmore, PhD, Professor of Medical Sociology and Senior Fellow

Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Box 3003, Duke Medical Center Durham, NC 27710

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