It is often assumed that people with parents who lived to be very old are more likely to live to a grand old age themselves.    "But that's just not true - our study shows that hereditary factors don't play a major role and that lifestyle has the biggest impact." says professor Lars Wilhelmsen, referring to the 1913 Men Study that formed the basis of the current research.      Those who did not smoke, consumed mild amounts of coffee and had a good socio-economic status at the age of 50 (measured in terms of housing costs), as well as good  physical working ability at the age of 54 and low cholesterol   at 50 had the greatest chance of celebrating their 90th birthday.   "We're breaking new ground here." says Wilhelmsen. "Many of these factors have previously been identified as playing a role in cardiovascular( )disease, but here we are showing for the first time that they are important for survival in general,"       He believes that it is significant that the research illustrates so clearly that it is the sum of our own habits that has the biggest impact.    "The study clearly shows that we can influence several of the factors that decide how old we get," says Wilhelmsen. "This is positive not only for the individual, but also for society as it doesn't need any major drug costs,"      The study has been published in the Journal of Internal Medicine.      The 1913 Men study started up in 1963. A third of all male 50-year-olds in Gothenburg were called for a check-up that focused on cardiovascular health. Every ten years since, a new group of 50-year-olds has been called in and those who were already taking part in the study have been given another check-up. This has enabled researchers to follow the development of illnesses in a specific age group, and to compare the health of 50-year-olds in 2003 with that of 50-year-olds in 1963, for example. Women have also been included in the study since 2003. Data have been studied over the years. including BMI  , smoking habits, cholesterol, exercise habits and blood pressure,      The men born in l913 were examined when they were 50, 54,60, 67, 75 and 80. Of the 855 men who took part in the study from the start,  lll  (13%) were still alive at the age of 90.             Over the years the material has brought out many research articles. An interesting result came in 2008 when researchers were able to show that the drop in the number of smokers, combined with lower cholesterol levels and lower blood pressure, between 1963 and 2003 could offer an explanation for the marked downturn in the number of heart attacks during this 40-year period. The 1913 Men Study helps us to realize that  _  .
we can do something to lengthen our life we don't need to take drugs for our diseases we can always predict how long we can live we need to balance the numbers of men and women