Sentences with phrase «of centenarians»

James Vaupel of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, says the number of centenarians in many industrialized nations is doubling every decade.

The number of centenarians living in the UK was 13,350 in 2012, up 73 % compared with 2002 figures.

That means the percentage of centenarians living in those villages is more than four times greater than the national average, the researchers said.

Where are the five highest concentrations of centenarians in the world, the so - called Blue Zone Locations?

Okinawa, a remote island to the south west of Japan, has an unusually large population of centenarians and is often referred to in examinations of ikigai — though not by Gordon.

Mr Buki Ponle, a former Director of the News Agency of Nigeria has announced the death of his centenarian mother, Madam Victoria Ibironke Ponle...

Mr Buki Ponle, a former Director of the News Agency of Nigeria has announced the death of his centenarian mother, Madam Victoria Ibironke Ponle (a.k.a VIP).

Their model successfully predicted exceptional longevity in a different sample of centenarians (individuals that live to age 100) with 77 percent accuracy.

The Church lab is currently analyzing the genomes of centenarians.

Genetic screening later revealed that 24 percent of centenarians from Ashkenazi Jewish populations carry a variant in the CETP gene — an enzyme important for cholesterol metabolism — that reduces the level of the protein CETP in the blood and is linked to a lower prevalence of hypertension, cardiovascular disease and memory loss.

Examining the blood profiles of centenarians has also yielded tantalizing targets for further study.

Using these data, we built a genetic model that includes 150 single - nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and found that it could predict EL with 77 % accuracy in an independent set of centenarians and controls.

«The latter could play a central role in the extended life span of centenarians.»

They do not have a higher number than average of centenarians (if any) and do not apparently have higher than (even post 50 year old to account for high infant death rate) average lifespans.

Researchers would now like to know if Klotho levels in humans correlate with life span — for example, if the blood of centenarians is swimming with it.

A Russian study of the inhabitants of the province of Georgia, where many live to 100 years and a few to age 150, revealed that many of these centenarians were beekeepers who often ate raw, unprocessed honey with all its «impurities,» that is, with the pollen.

Pinker took an in - depth look at the life - long habits of centenarians in Sardinia, an Italian island that boasts six times as many centenarians as the mainland, and ten times as many as North America.

He found it on Okinawa with its outsized proportion of centenarians.

Compare Obama's story of the centenarian in his victory speech and John McCain's use / abuse of Joe the Plumber.

They were led by the holdings of the centenarian billionaire Leonard Litwin ($ 1 million), Connecticut - based developer The Richman Group ($ 314,000), Gary Barnett, with his wife, Ayala, and his company, Extell Development ($ 300,000), Brookfield Financial ($ 253,500) and Cablevision (the owner of MSG, $ 250,000; C.E.O. Charles Dolan and eight members of his family also chipped in $ 121,000).

But that stopped decades ago when the ranks of centenarians grew.

The kids of centenarians have a 20 percent reduced mortality rate.

When researchers like Barzilai have looked for genes that might account for the extreme longevity of the centenarians they study, they have typically found that the genes that stand out in one long - lived population do not do so in others.

Now scientists like Perls are sifting through millions of DNA markers to spot the constellation of longevity genes that's carried in every cell of these centenarians» bodies.

Subsequent research on Italian centenarians revealed that the offspring of these centenarians were substantially younger, up to about five years, according to their epigenetic clocks, than the progeny of non-centenarians.

In fact, he adds, the odds of centenarians having a relative who lived into old age is 20 times that of the average person.

The search for the genetic determinants of extreme longevity has been challenging, with the prevalence of centenarians (people older than 100) just one per 5,000 population in developed nations.

«We expect that many more uncommon genetic variants remain to be discovered through sequencing of centenarian samples,» they wrote.

They found that 25 % of the centenarians carried a particular variation of the gene APOC3, which helps determine cholesterol levels.

Four months after a paper it published on the genetics of centenarians was criticized for possible flaws, Science published an Editorial Expression of Concern about the work, noting that the authors are redoing their data.

According to the charity International Cat Care, cats reach the «geriatric» life stage at the age of 15 (the equivalent of 76 years in human terms), but it is not unusual for them to live to late teens and even into their 20s (a cat becomes the equivalent of a centenarian at 21 years old).

However, if you want to read more about the topic of centenarians and if you're interested in their lifestyle, I can recommend the book» Blue zone».

One key aspect of the centenarians» diets was the low glycemic index, the researchers said.

Mind you, I'm not talking about bread and pasta and pizza, but detailed studies of centenarian diets show that over 80 percent of calories in their diet comes from vegetables, fruit, legumes, and complex carbohydrates, such as whole grains, brown rice, oats, and sweet potatoes.

However, there are 3 consistent blood metabolic indicators of all centenarians which are relatively consistent: low sugar, low triglycerides, and low insulin.

With echoes of Forrest Gump and Zelig, this jaggedly funny Swedish adventure traces the life of a centenarian who interacts with key figures throughout the 20th century.

Like Macy's and Belk, Boscov's is a member of the centenarian club, the chain of family - owned department stores having been originally founded by Solomon «Sol» Boscov in 1911.

Even though many are suffering from illnesses and ailments that most seniors deal with, over a third of these centenarians continue to live at home, and 25 percent are cognitively intact.

People are paying attention to that statistical reality: To recognize people turning 100, Assembly member Mariko Yamada of Davis, Calif., established what she calls the Century Circle of centenarians in her district.

To figure how out to eat for health, it's instructive to return to the Blue Zones, communities around the world (including Okinawa, Japan, and Loma Linda, California) with the highest concentration of centenarians, and where people typically live the longest.

You can use Living to 100's Life Expectancy Calculator, which incorporates findings from the New England Centenarian Study of centenarians and their families around world, to do your own projections.

According to the 2010 U.S. census, America is home to the world's largest population of centenarians, more than 53,300 people 100 years old and older.

Other researchers, in sequencing the genome of centenarians, have found they possess fewer of the genes that contribute to major diseases.

Previous work has shown that 90 percent of centenarians are disability - free at the age of 93.