Why the study?
Improving life expectancy is a key aim of the Healthy China 2030 blueprint, prompting investigation into the extent healthy lifestyles are associated with life expectancy in Chinese adults.
Does the adoption of five healthy lifestyle factors improve life expectancy and reduce mortality in Chinese adults?
Does the adoption of five healthy lifestyle factors improve life expectancy and reduce mortality in Chinese adults?
Adopting five healthy lifestyle factors is associated with a substantial increase in life expectancy (8.8 years for men, 8.1 years for women) at age 30 in the Chinese population, largely driven by reduced cardiovascular mortality.
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May support promoting five healthy factors in Chinese adults; extends prior evidence but observational data leave causality open.
Sun et al. (2022) studied this question.
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