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Environmental and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Perceived Facial Age in Chinese Women

Perceived facial age has been proposed as a biomarker of ageing with ‘looking young for one’s age' linked to physical and cognitive functioning and to increased survival for Caucasians. We have investigated the environmental and lifestyle factors associated with perceived facial ageing in Chine...

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Autores principales: Mayes, Andrew E., Murray, Peter G., Gunn, David A., Tomlin, Cyrena C., Catt, Sharon D., Wen, Yi B., Zhou, Li P., Wang, Hong Q., Catt, Michael, Granger, Stewart P.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21179450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015270
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author Mayes, Andrew E.
Murray, Peter G.
Gunn, David A.
Tomlin, Cyrena C.
Catt, Sharon D.
Wen, Yi B.
Zhou, Li P.
Wang, Hong Q.
Catt, Michael
Granger, Stewart P.
author_facet Mayes, Andrew E.
Murray, Peter G.
Gunn, David A.
Tomlin, Cyrena C.
Catt, Sharon D.
Wen, Yi B.
Zhou, Li P.
Wang, Hong Q.
Catt, Michael
Granger, Stewart P.
author_sort Mayes, Andrew E.
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description Perceived facial age has been proposed as a biomarker of ageing with ‘looking young for one’s age' linked to physical and cognitive functioning and to increased survival for Caucasians. We have investigated the environmental and lifestyle factors associated with perceived facial ageing in Chinese women. Facial photographs were collected from 250 Chinese women, aged 25–70 years in Shanghai, China. Perceived facial age was determined and related to chronological age for each participant. Lifestyle and health information was collected by questionnaire. Bivariate analyses (controlling for chronological age) identified and quantified lifestyle variables associated with perceived facial age. Independent predictors of perceived age were identified by multivariate modelling. Factors which significantly associated with looking younger for one's chronological age included greater years of education (p<0.001), fewer household members (p = 0.027), menopausal status (p = 0.020), frequency of visiting one's doctor (p = 0.013), working indoors (p<0.001), spending less time in the sun (p = 0.015), moderate levels of physical activity (p = 0.004), higher frequency of teeth cleaning (p<0.001) and more frequent use of facial care products: cleanser (p<0.001); moisturiser (p = 0.016) or night cream (p = 0.016). Overall, 36.5% of the variation in the difference between perceived and chronological age could be explained by a combination of chronological age and 6 independent lifestyle variables. We have thus identified and quantified a number of factors associated with younger appearance in Chinese women. Presentation of these factors in the context of facial appearance could provide significant motivation for the adoption of a range of healthy behaviours at the level of both individuals and populations.
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spelling pubmed-30014882010-12-21 Environmental and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Perceived Facial Age in Chinese Women Mayes, Andrew E. Murray, Peter G. Gunn, David A. Tomlin, Cyrena C. Catt, Sharon D. Wen, Yi B. Zhou, Li P. Wang, Hong Q. Catt, Michael Granger, Stewart P. PLoS One Research Article Perceived facial age has been proposed as a biomarker of ageing with ‘looking young for one’s age' linked to physical and cognitive functioning and to increased survival for Caucasians. We have investigated the environmental and lifestyle factors associated with perceived facial ageing in Chinese women. Facial photographs were collected from 250 Chinese women, aged 25–70 years in Shanghai, China. Perceived facial age was determined and related to chronological age for each participant. Lifestyle and health information was collected by questionnaire. Bivariate analyses (controlling for chronological age) identified and quantified lifestyle variables associated with perceived facial age. Independent predictors of perceived age were identified by multivariate modelling. Factors which significantly associated with looking younger for one's chronological age included greater years of education (p<0.001), fewer household members (p = 0.027), menopausal status (p = 0.020), frequency of visiting one's doctor (p = 0.013), working indoors (p<0.001), spending less time in the sun (p = 0.015), moderate levels of physical activity (p = 0.004), higher frequency of teeth cleaning (p<0.001) and more frequent use of facial care products: cleanser (p<0.001); moisturiser (p = 0.016) or night cream (p = 0.016). Overall, 36.5% of the variation in the difference between perceived and chronological age could be explained by a combination of chronological age and 6 independent lifestyle variables. We have thus identified and quantified a number of factors associated with younger appearance in Chinese women. Presentation of these factors in the context of facial appearance could provide significant motivation for the adoption of a range of healthy behaviours at the level of both individuals and populations. Public Library of Science 2010-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3001488/ /pubmed/21179450 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015270 Text en Mayes et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Catt, Sharon D.
Wen, Yi B.
Zhou, Li P.
Wang, Hong Q.
Catt, Michael
Granger, Stewart P.
Environmental and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Perceived Facial Age in Chinese Women
title Environmental and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Perceived Facial Age in Chinese Women
title_full Environmental and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Perceived Facial Age in Chinese Women
title_fullStr Environmental and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Perceived Facial Age in Chinese Women
title_full_unstemmed Environmental and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Perceived Facial Age in Chinese Women
title_short Environmental and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Perceived Facial Age in Chinese Women
title_sort environmental and lifestyle factors associated with perceived facial age in chinese women
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21179450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015270
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