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| Influence of environmental factors on facial ageing | | Author(s) | Helle Rexbye, Inge Petersen, Mette Johansen |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 35, no 2, March 2006 |
| Pages | pp 110-115 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Biological ageing ; Skin problems ; Ageing process ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Twins ; Over 70s ; Longitudinal surveys ; Denmark. |
| Annotation | A recent twin study has shown that "looking old for one's age" is associated with increased mortality. The present study uses data for 1827 twins aged 70+ from the 2001 wave of the Longitudinal Study of Ageing Danish Twins. Participants provided information on a wide range of exposures and health indicators, and had face photographs taken. 10 nurses assessed the visual age of each twin from the face photograph. The mean of the nurses' age estimates for each twin was used as the twin's perceived age. Multivariate linear regression and intra-pair comparison (for intact twin pairs) was used for analysis. Statistically significant determinants of facial ageing associated with high perceived age for men were smoking, sun exposure and low body mass index (BMI), while for women they were low BMI and low social class. The number of children (men), and marital status and depression symptomatology score (women) were borderline significantly associated with facial ageing. This study confirms previous findings of a negative influence of sun exposure, smoking and low BMI on facial ageing. It also indicates that high social status, low depression score and being married are associated with a younger look, but the strength of the associations varies between genders. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060517206 A |
| Classmark | BH: BLM: BG: F: CC: SVR: BBK: 3J: 76K |
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