Cause of Death in Middle Age and Life Expectancy for Men
Sep 18, 2009 | Posted by bryan | 0 Comments
Unhealthy men could lose a decade
University of Oxford, high cholesterol levels and blood pressure are the three biggest killers of middle-aged men, a new study has revealed.
Research by scientists at the University of Oxford in the UK showed that men with these three risk factors were likely to live for ten years less than their healthier counterparts.
The survey, which began in the 1960s, has questioned over 19,000 civil servants and traced what happened to them over a near 40-year period.
Men who suffered from other factors including obesity, diabetes and employment grade could live for 15 years less than healthier men.
Professor Peter Weissberg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said: “This important study puts a figure on the life-limiting effects of smoking, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
“It provides a stark illustration of how these risk factors in middle-age can reduce life expectancy.”
The survey showed that men aged 50 who drink, smoke and have high levels of cholesterol and blood pressure can expect to live to 74.
Men who do not have any of these risk factors can live until they are 83.