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Seeking the Secrets of Longevity

Ιt is now evident from various socio-demographic studies that a greater portion of the population survives into old age, above the seventh decade of life. Projections for Europe estimate that in 1995 13.3% of the population was over the age

Unveiling the Secrets of Longevity: The Ikaria Study

During the last two years, five places in the world, Loma Linda in Mexico, Nicoya in Costa Rica, Sardinia in Italy, Okinawa in Japan, and Ikaria in Greece, have been recognized as having the greatest percentage of people living above

Exposure to low environmental radiation and longevity. Insights from the Ikaria Study

Ikaria, a medium-size island consisting mainly of igneous rocks, in central eastern Aegean Sea, Greece, has recently joined the “Blue Zones”, a part of a large anthropologic project of the Quest Network, Inc. funded by the National Institute on Aging

Deceleration of Age-Related Aortic Stiffening in a Population With High Longevity Rates

Ikaria is among the 5 places in the world with the highest rates of longevity. Aortic stiffness, assessed by aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV), is an independent predictor of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.In the present study, we assessed aortic stiffness

The Association of Healthy Aging with Multimorbidity: IKARIA Study

The aim of this study was to evaluate several sociodemographic, lifestyle, and clinical characteristics of the IKARIA study participants and to find healthy aging trajectories of multimorbidity of Ikarian islanders. During 2009, 1410 people (aged 30+) from Ikaria Island, Greece,