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| Longitudinal cohort study of childhood IQ and survival up to age 76 | | Author(s) | Lawrence J Whalley, Ian J Deary |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 322, no 7290, 7 April 2001 |
| Pages | pp 819-822 |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Children ; Longevity ; Over 70s ; Longitudinal surveys ; Aberdeen. |
| Annotation | The association between childhood IQ and mortality over the normal lifespan is examined in this study of all 2,792 children in Aberdeen born in 1921, attending a school on 1 June 1932, and who sat a mental ability test as part of the Scottish mental survey 1932. 79.9% (2,230) of the sample was traced. Childhood mental ability was positively related to survival to age 76 for both women and men, though it should be noted that men who died during active service in World War II had a relatively high IQ. Overcrowding in a school catchment area was weakly related to death. Possible sources of bias are only covered briefly. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010608001 A |
| Classmark | D: SBC: BGA: BBK: 3J: 9ND * |
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