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Reproductive behaviour and longevity: Evidence from Chinese centenarians

open access: yesHomo, 2023
With the implementation of the three-child policy in China, the debate between fertility and health and longevity has again become a hot topic in the era of increasing ageing. This study aimed to explore the association between reproductive behaviour and
Shuo Zhang   +4 more
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Decline in blood hemoglobin concentrations is associated with familial longevity [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Biological Sciences, 2016
Hemoglobin(HGB)in the blood carries oxygen from the lungs to other organs to produce energy. Calorie restriction has been shown to slow aging and extend lifespan.
He Yong-Han   +12 more
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Associations between lipid profiles and late‐life cognitive impairment among oldest‐old and centenarian adults

open access: yesMedComm, 2023
Dyslipidemia and cognitive impairment are common among old adults and the occurrence of them rises exponentially with increasing age. Evidences of the relationships between serum lipids and cognitive impairment are inconsistent or equivocal among older ...
Yujian Chen   +7 more
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Single‐Cell Transcriptomics Reveals Longevity Immune Remodeling Features Shared by Centenarians and Their Offspring

open access: yesAdvanced Science, 2022
Centenarians, who show mild infections and low incidence of tumors, are the optimal model to investigate healthy aging. However, longevity related immune characteristics has not been fully revealed largely due to lack of appropriate controls.
Chen Dong   +25 more
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Effects of age, period, and cohort on the prevalence of frailty in Chinese older adults from 2002 to 2014

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundCurrently, longitudinal studies on frailty are in an early stage, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Only one study was conducted in Hong Kong to examine age-period-cohort effects on the prevalence of frailty among Chinese older ...
Siying Li   +5 more
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Centenarian longevity had inverse relationships with nutritional status and abdominal obesity and positive relationships with sex hormones and bone turnover in the oldest females

open access: yesJournal of Translational Medicine, 2021
Objective The number of older people is estimated to increase from 524 million in 2010 to 1.5 billion in 2050. The factors and models of human longevity and successful aging are questions that have intrigued individuals for thousands of years.
Shihui Fu   +6 more
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Immunosenescence, aging and successful aging

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2022
Aging induces a series of immune related changes, which is called immunosenescence, playing important roles in many age-related diseases, especially neurodegenerative diseases, tumors, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases and coronavirus disease ...
Yunan Wang   +4 more
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Nutritional Management in a 101-Year-Old Woman with Physical Inactivity and General Weakness: A Case Report

open access: yesGeriatrics, 2023
Japan has the world’s highest life longevity, and centenarian patients are no longer rare. However, sufficient information related to centenarians is not available. Herein, we report the case of a 101-year-old centenarian woman who recovered from extreme
Ryoko Mineyama   +4 more
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Characteristics of centenarian studies and variables related to longevity: A narrative review

open access: yesJournal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics, 2023
Studying centenarians requires a “positive biology” approach, where rather than focusing on disease, the research aims to understand the causes of positive phenotypes and explain biological mechanisms of health and longevity.
Shyh Poh Teo
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Maintaining oral health for a hundred years and more? - An analysis of microbial and salivary factors in a cohort of centenarians

open access: yesJournal of Oral Microbiology, 2022
Aim To investigate associations between oral health-related conditions and the oral microbiome in a representative study sample of centenarians.Materials and methods Clinical and microbial parameters from 54 centenarians were assessed in the Heidelberg ...
Caroline Sekundo   +4 more
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