Scientific research: People with high IQs tend to live longer

The Paper cited a research result in New Scientist magazine saying that a survey of 65,000 million people showed that the rate of people with high IQs dying early before the age of 79 was relatively low.

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The University of Edinburgh team conducted a health survey of people born in Scotland in 1936. Each person was given an intelligence test when they were 11 years old. Their health data was followed for 68 years, until the end of 2015.

Researchers have found a link between childhood test results and death rates from disease.

High achievers had a 28% lower risk of death from respiratory diseases; a 25% lower risk of death from coronary heart disease; and a 24% lower risk of death from stroke.

In addition, the research team also considered influencing factors such as social status. High achievers also reduced the risk of death from diseases of the digestive tract and nervous system.

According to the research team, there are several reasons that can explain why intelligent people will live longer, for example, people with high IQs will pay more attention to their health, proactively seek medical attention when sick and tend to like exercise.

"We hope to find the reasons why smart people live longer and apply them to others so that everyone can live a healthy life," said the research team leader./.

According to Vietnam+