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Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand Mortensen (August 16, 1882 – April 25, 1998), known as Christian Mortensen, was a Danish-American supercentenarian who resided in California. [1] When he died, his age of 115 years and 252 days was the longest verified male lifespan at the time, until Jiroemon Kimura surpassed him in 2012. [ 2 ]
This list comprises Danish supercentenarians (people from Denmark who have attained the age of at least 110 years), according to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). The oldest Dane is Christian Mortensen, who emigrated to the United States in 1903, where he died on 25 April 1998, aged 115 years, 252 days.
She participated in Boston University School of Medicine's New England Centenarian Study, [72] and was interviewed and filmed by the Center for Aging at the University of Chicago and the ABC World News. [72] She is one of 100 centenarians in The Archon Genomics XPRIZE. [73] [74] She joined social media, with profiles on Facebook and Twitter.
About 1,200 individuals in the study, or about 2.7 per cent of the participants, reached 100. Researchers compared this subset’s data with those of their peers who were younger than them.
The study found that an average global citizen lives 9.6 fewer healthy years than they live altogether — so, for example, someone who lived to 80 might have spent the last decade of their life ...
He sees longevity as encompassing two aspects: the length of life and the quality of life. Healthspan, a major theme in the book, refers to "the portion of life free from disability or disease." [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Attia identifies the "Four Horsemen" of aging as the primary causes of declining healthspan— heart disease , cancer , neurodegenerative ...
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A study reports results of the first longevity caloric restriction (CR) trial, CALERIE, finding that two years of nonintermittent CR slowed the pace of aging as measured by one of three aging clocks (modest DunedinPACE effects). [226] [227] Development and application of aging clocks and combination therapies