THE PEDIGREE CHART ANALYSIS OF CENTENARIANS IN SHANGHAI-CITY

Authors
YUAN CH JI W XIE WJ WANG PL ZHU Y ZHOU DY YANG HX
Citation
Ch. Yuan et al., THE PEDIGREE CHART ANALYSIS OF CENTENARIANS IN SHANGHAI-CITY, Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 17(1), 1993, pp. 17-23
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01674943
Volume
17
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
17 - 23
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-4943(1993)17:1<17:TPCAOC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The sex, occupation, and pedigree charts of 57 centenarians in Shangha i City were investigated. There were 10 (17.5%) males and 47 (82.5%) f emales. Of the males, 4 were office workers (40%) and 6 were manual wo rkers (60%). Among the females, 1 was an office worker (2.1%), 3 were manual workers (6.4%) and 43 were housewives (91.5%). Forty of the cen tenarians (70.2%) belonged to long-lived families, 17 (29.8%) did not. The age of centenarians' spouses influenced the mortality and age of their sons and daughters.