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A recent study by researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden revealed some test readings in people who live to be 100 years old, such as cholesterol and glucose levels.
The study included data on 44,000 Swedes who underwent health assessments between the ages of 64-99 years, and then these participants were followed through Swedish registry data for up to 35 years.
Of these people, 1,224, or 2.7%, lived to be 100 years old, and the vast majority (85%) of centenarians were female.
The study included 12 blood-based biomarkers related to inflammation, metabolism, liver and kidney function, as well as possible malnutrition and anemia.
The study concluded that those who have reached the age of 100 tend to have lower levels of glucose, creatinine, and uric acid from the age of their sixties onwards.
Creatinine
For example, very few centenarians had a glucose level higher than 6.5 earlier in life, or a creatinine level higher than 125.
Meanwhile, researchers found that people with higher levels of glucose, creatinine and uric acid had a lower chance of becoming centenarians.
As for uric acid, the study showed that people with the lowest levels of uric acid had a 4% chance of reaching the age of 100, while in the group with the highest levels of uric acid, 1.5% of them reached the age of 100.
Source: Qatar News Agency (QNA)