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Are Common Risk Factors Relevant in the Eldest Old?

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The Paradoxes of Longevity

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Abstract

The recent growth of the eldest segment of the population has made possible studies that were unimaginable or meaningless some decades ago. At the beginning of the century, who would have considered drawing up a centenarians’ life expectancy table? Assessing risk factors for mortality and morbidity in very old people is now a necessity, and we progressively discover some amazing differences from the well-established results in younger persons. Several major risk factors do not seem to play the same role at a very old age, and the relationship between mortality and some classic risk factors may even appear to be reversed. Among those risk factors are male gender, body weight, high blood pressure and total serum cholestrol.

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  1. Centre Claude Bernard de Gérontologie, Hôpital Sainte Périne, 11, Rue Chardon-Lagache, 75781, Paris, France

    B. Forette

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  1. Equipe INSERM Démographie et Santé, Val d’Aurelle, Pare Euromédecine, F-34298, Montpellier Cedex 5, France

    Jean-Marie Robine

  2. Hôpital Sainte Perine, 11, rue Chardon-Lagache, F-75016, Paris, France

    Bernard Forette

  3. INRCA, Via Barelli, 8, 1-60100, Ancona, Italy

    Claudio Franceschi

  4. Fondation IPSEN, 24, rue Erlanger, F-75781, Paris Cedex 16, France

    Michel Allard

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Forette, B. (1999). Are Common Risk Factors Relevant in the Eldest Old?. In: Robine, JM., Forette, B., Franceschi, C., Allard, M. (eds) The Paradoxes of Longevity. Research and Perspectives in Longevity. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60100-2_6

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60100-2_6

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