• April 27, 2024

Astudy recent confirms that thepeople of short stature live more compared to those that are high.

The researchers explained that this is because shorter men are more likely to ownthe gene of longevity known asFOXO3 , which prevents the effects ofaging .

Longevity gene

The analysis carried out by theUniversity of Hawaii among more than 8,000 men from the United States and Japan, he found that these people have theFOX3 gene which is related tolongevity . In addition, it guarantees a relatively low level of insulin in theblood , reducing the propensity to sufferCancer .

It was in 1965 when researchers began experimenting with people born between 1900 and 1919, who weremonitoring your lifestyle and health status .

Bradley Willcox, one of the researchers involved and a professor at the John A. Burns School of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Hawaii (UH) He said that in the research they created two groups: those that measured less than 1.60 m and those that measured more.

The result was thatpeople of short stature lived more years , while the highest, especially if they exceeded 1.80 m, were less long-lived. So the investigations found adirect relationship between short stature and a long period of life .

Although this study, based on theHonolulu Kuakini Heart Program (HHP) and the Asia Aging Study (HAAS), made this new finding, in this case, the medical journalPlos One recommendmaintain healthy habits , since height is only onelongevity factor .

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