Aging

Study links IQ and affluence level to longevity

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 19th, 2003

By following nearly 1,000 subjects during a 70-year span, Scottish researchers have found that people with high IQs who reside in poor neighborhoods lived longer than people in similar areas with low IQs, while the intelligence score was not important for longevity for people living in wealthy neighborhoods.

"The significant interaction found between IQ and deprivation suggests that IQ in childhood is less important in terms of mortality for people who live in more affluent areas in adulthood than for people who live in deprived areas," says Carole L. Hart, PhD, of the University of Glasgow and colleagues from other universities in Scotland.

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