https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/33/9/33_JE20210493/_article

PMC

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10409531/

Highlights

• Desired longevity represents how strongly people esteem possible extensions of their own lifetime.
• We found that shorter desired longevity was significantly associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality, as well as mortalities from cancer and suicide, using a large population-based prospective cohort study that followed middle-aged Japanese for about 25 years.
• This association was independent of age, sex, marital status, education, medical history and health status.
• As much as 30.4% of the association between desired longevity and all-cause mortality was mediated by unhealthy lifestyles such as smoking, obesity and inactivity.
• We found that those who desired not to live long actually had shorter lives.

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