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Longevity and gray hair, baldness, facial wrinkles, and arcus senilis in 13,000 men and women
— the Copenhagen City Heart Study | | Author(s) | Peter Schnohr, J_rgen Nyboe, Peter Lange |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 53A, no 5, September 1998 |
| Pages | pp M347-M350 |
| Keywords | Longevity ; Hair problems ; Baldness ; Skin problems ; Visual impairment ; Biological ageing ; Heart disease ; Denmark. |
| Annotation | The authors have reported previously that men who look older than their contemporaries have a significantly higher risk for myocardial infarction. In the Copenhagen City Heart Study of some 20,000 men and women, that in addition to cardiovascular risk factors, data on other signs of ageing have been recorded: extent of grey hair, baldness, facial wrinkles, and arcus senilis (a line of opacity close to the border of the cornea). During 16 years of follow-up, 1,656 women and 2,283 men had died. Using the Cox regression model, the authors found no correlation between mortality and the extent of greying of the hair, baldness or facial wrinkles in either sex, irrespective of age. A single exception was observed in a small sub-group of men with no grey hair. They had a slightly, but significantly, lower mortality than the rest. The presence of arcus senilis was significantly correlated with a shorter life span in women. For men, the same tendency was found, but the correlation was not statistically significant. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990225223 A |
| Classmark | BGA: BL5: BL7: BLM: BR: BH: CQH: 76K |
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