From diabetes.co.uk
Middle-aged adults with a healthy lifestyle are more likely to live longer than those with unhealthy lifestyles, new research has demonstrated.
A new study has found that individuals who have not developed a common risk factor of cardiovascular disease by the time they hit 50-years-old will enjoy a longer health span than those who are living with one or more of the five classic risk factors.
The five classic risk factors for cardiovascular disease include type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking, high cholesterol and underweight or overweight/obesity.
First author Dr Christie M. Ballantyne said: “The findings underline the significant role these risk factors play in life expectancy and in how long a person remains healthy as they age.”
In the study, the team of researchers looked at the health data of two million adults from 39 countries.
Joint author Dr Christina Magnussen said: “The five classical risk factors are responsible for approximately half of all cardiovascular diseases worldwide. We wanted to understand how the absence or control of these factors affects life expectancy.”
The results have shown that 50-year-old women who are living with none of these risk factors are likely to develop cardiovascular disease 13.3 years later and die 14.5 years later than women with all five risk factors.
Meanwhile, men free of these risk factors live 10.6 years longer without cardiovascular disease and die 11.8 years later than men with these risk factors, the study has reported.
According to the research, adults who have good blood pressure control and do not smoke by the ages of 55 and 60 are likely to have a longer lifespan compared to those who smoke and have bad blood pressure control.
The study has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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