Epidemiological Data Indicates Lifestyle to Outweigh Genetics in Late Life Survival (opens in new tab)

The study noted here is one of many to show that the effects of lifestyle choice and environmental exposure far outweigh the effects of genetic variants when it comes to late life survival. Yes, there are a few very rare genetic variants and mutations that produce effect sizes of at least several years, but for the vast majority of individuals mortality risk in old age is overwhelmingly determined by lifestyle and environment. Did you stay relatively thin and relatively fit? Were you unlucky ...