The more intelligent the older

The life expectancy of people depends not only on genetics, lifestyle and environment, scientists believe that the level of education and intelligence plays an important role.

Scientists at the University of London (UK) have discovered a surprising rule: people with high levels of education are slower than ordinary people.

In order to understand the impact of cultural levels on the aging of the body, researchers invited 450 volunteers to join. According to the level of education, these people were divided into four groups: The first group consists of people who are not in school, group 2 - those who have only completed primary school, group 3 - those who have graduated from high school and group 4 - who have college degrees.

Intelligence and education levels help people stay younger (Artwork).

Next, the scientists studied 'telomeres' in volunteers. This molecule is the largest in the group 4, and the shortest in the group 1, the lesser group.

Let us recall that 'telomer' is the end of the chromosome that is shortened after each cell division. When the length of 'telomer' reaches a specified value, the cell cycle ends and dies.

Other studies were conducted at Aberdin University in Scotland. Their conclusions are based on the intelligence of all 11-year-olds across the Scottish region of 1932. Scientists have followed the fate of 'children' back then to 2002 and Become more than 2000 instruments. When reviewing the 'old' records, most of them are smart 'children' and have a good memory.

One of the authors of the study, Professor Jan Dearee, of the University of Edinburgh, said: " The probability of being alive for a certain age in people with an early IQ is 85, only 63%. people (back then) had an IQ of 115. The number of smart people (through IQ) who passed this century reached 90% " .

The cause of this phenomenon has only just begun to be studied. A new hypothesis is that: IQ determines human behavior, which partly acts as the cause of various illnesses . For example, young people with high IQ are less likely to smoke because of their knowledge than those with low IQ. Material conditions, income levels, social status must be recognized as being related to life expectancy. Statistics in the study show that: Among smart old men (small children with high IQs), 45% of the middle class are still in the affluence.

According to scientists, even the health of the better-off is better (leading to higher life expectancy) because they enjoy higher medical benefits.