Study of More Than 1 Million People Finds Intriguing Link Between Iron Levels And Lifespan
31 DECEMBER 2020
A massive study published in 2020 found evidence that blood iron levels could play a role in influencing how long you live.
It s always important to take longevity studies with a big grain of salt, but the research was impressive in its breadth, covering genetic information from well over 1 million people across three public databases. It also focused on three key measures of ageing: lifespan, years lived free of disease (referred to as healthspan), and making it to an extremely old age (AKA longevity).
Throughout the analysis, 10 key regions of the genome were shown to be related to these measures of long life, as were gene sets linked to how the body metabolises iron.
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