Summarized by Masters of Longevity from Fight Aging!.
Analysis of a long-term cohort links having multiple low cardiovascular risk factors in the early 40s to better physical and psychological outcomes decades later.
Key Takeaways
- Men with five low-risk midlife factors had a 41.9% chance of reaching age 90 versus 6.8% with none.
- At mean age 79, men with five low-risk factors showed 2.2% frailty versus 24.5% frailty for those with none.
- Higher midlife cardiovascular health correlated with greater happiness, higher psychological wellbeing, and better HRQoL in multiple domains at age 79.
