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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-9-10
pubmed:abstractText
This is a preliminary report on a 3-year multidisciplinary study of aging among historically and genetically related Mennonite congregations in Kansas and Nebraska. Three aspects of longevity and aging are examined: (1) the relationship of heterozygosity to survivorship using 8 genetic blood group loci, (2) changes in taste sensitivity with age using 14 dilutions of PTC; and (3) life span correlations among parents and offspring during a 100 year period. Heterozygosity was found to be independent of survivorship. No diminution in taste sensitivity to PTC was found with increasing age although a significant difference in PTC taste thresholds was found between males and females. No relationship was found between nontasters and individuals with a history of thyroid disease. Mother's life span was found to correlate more closely with daughter than any other familial correlation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0277-9536
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
149-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Population genetic models in the study of aging and longevity in a Mennonite community.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't