Why do some people look older than they should?
| Autor: | H. L. J. Markowe, M J Shipley, Christopher J. Bulpitt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Aging medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Blood Sedimentation Human physical appearance Hemoglobins chemistry.chemical_compound Internal medicine Epidemiology medicine Humans Risk factor Hair Color medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Cholesterol Arcus senilis Age Factors Facies Alopecia Bilirubin Original Articles General Medicine Chronological age Middle Aged Cross-Sectional Studies Endocrinology chemistry Erythrocyte sedimentation rate Female medicine.symptom business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Postgraduate Medical Journal. 77:578-581 |
| ISSN: | 1469-0756 0032-5473 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND As a component of studies on biological age, the age of subjects from their appearance (perceived age) was estimated. OBJECTIVE To determine the factors associated with looking older. METHODS Cross sectional study of London civil servants (318 men, 129 women) in the Department of the Environment study. Perceived age was recorded by an observer and the difference between this age and chronological age was analysed according to 20 different variables. RESULTS Men had an average perceived age of 0.37 years older than their actual age and women a perceived age of 0.54 years younger. In men, looking older was related to greying of the hair, grade of arcus senilis, and grade of baldness. Less expected, looking older was positively related to total serum cholesterol (p=0.03) and blood haemoglobin (p CONCLUSION The relationships between looking older and total cholesterol and haemoglobin in men and ESR and bilirubin in women, require further investigation. |
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