1a and b for an intuitive understanding, let A(s) denote the sex-specific relative benefits (compared with the other-sex) among individuals of sex s (s = 1: males; s = 2: females), due to gaining the positive joint effects of higher PRS (x > C) of the sex-specific genes of ...
Hybrid immunity provides better protection against COVID-19 than vaccination or prior natural infection alone. It induces high magnitude and broadly cross-reactive neutralising anti-Spike IgG antibodies. However, it is not clear how long these potent ant
Wealthy individuals also have more protection from economic shocks, such as job loss, unexpected health care expenses, or other financial crises. The association between wealth and longevity has become more relevant in the past year because of the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, which...
The Longevity-Frailty Hypothesis: Evidence from COVID-19 Death Rates in Europedoi:10.1101/2020.04.14.20065540Sammy ZahranLevi AltringerAshok PrasadCold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Longevity Perceptions and Saving Decisions During the Covid-19 Outbreak: An Experimental Investigationdoi:10.2139/ssrn.3766499retirement expectationsannuitylongevitylife expectancyframingbehavioral economicshousehold financeWe experimentally study individuals' perceptions about and advice to others regarding retirement ...
“In conclusion, this systematic review demonstrated the necessity for individuals to improve their diets, to reduce the emergence and development of several comorbidities and promote healthy aging. Diets rich in vegetables, fruits, nuts, cereals, fibers, fish, unsaturated fats, containing antioxidants,...
Survival curves of pure (yellow) and cross (blue) bred individuals, faceted by sex. Survival functions based on Kaplan–Meier estimates by log rank test (p-value). Full size image Longevity estimates for 155 recognised purebreds versus the crossbred group (x̃ = 12.0) are presented in...
The COVID-19 death rate (deaths over population) is strikingly unevenly distributed across Europe. While the risk of death from COVID-19 increases non-linearly in age, within-age-group variation in COVID-19 death rates across countries suggests that age structure alone cannot account for observe...
Smoking, drinking, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and long work hours, on the other hand, all have negative associations with life expectancy (see Cawley and Ruhm 2011 and Kivima¨ki et al. 2015 for a review). Individuals seem to have some under- standing of these risk factors, ...
“In conclusion, this systematic review demonstrated the necessity for individuals to improve their diets, to reduce the emergence and development of several comorbidities and promote healthy aging. Diets rich in vegetables, fruits, nuts, cereals, fibers, fish, unsaturated fats, containing antioxidants,...