2023-10-22 13:01:00
Several scientists from the University of Chicago have analyzed life expectancy in the United States according to the month of birth in the study ‘Birth season and exceptional longevity: a comparative study of American centenarians, their siblings and spouses’. And researchers have concluded that They have a better chance of reaching 100 years of age. those who have born in autumn.
“We found that people born in the fall months are more represented among centenarians compared to the general population, while people born in the first half of the year are less represented among the group of long-lived people,” they explain in the study.
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Participate 1.574 personas who had reached the age of 100, born in the United States between 1880 and 1895. In this way, they could analyze whether the month of birth affects survival. And they compared them with their siblings and spouses to take into account people with similar situations and lives. “Centennaries, their siblings and the general population show a decline in the proportion of people born during the summer months“they say.
People born in autumn have the most longevity options. “It demonstrated an advantage of ssurvival of individuals born between September and November compared to those born in March. A similar pattern of birth season and longevity was also found for spouses of centenarians,” they conclude.
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