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Longitudinal cohort study of childhood IQ and survival up to age 76
- Publication Year :
- 2001
- Publisher :
- BMJ Publishing Group, 2001.
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Abstract
- Objectives: To test the association between childhood IQ and mortality over the normal human lifespan. Design: Longitudinal cohort study. Setting: Aberdeen. Subjects: All 2792 children in Aberdeen born in 1921 and attending school on 1 June 1932 who sat a mental ability test as part of the Scottish mental survey 1932. Main outcome measure: Survival at 1 January 1997. Results: 79.9% (2230) of the sample was traced. Childhood mental ability was positively related to survival to age 76 years in women (P
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Health Status
Intelligence
childhood IQ
Cohort Studies
Epidemiology
Medicine
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Child
Aged
Intelligence Tests
Intelligence quotient
business.industry
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Lothian birth-cohort studies
Mental health
mortality
Cognitive epidemiology
Mental Health
Scotland
Cohort
Papers
Life expectancy
Regression Analysis
Female
Lothian Birth Cohort Studies
business
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a869897628664b5f61c9d626b3dc4325