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

Andrew E Mayes, Peter G Murray, David A Gunn, Cyrena C Tomlin, Sharon D Catt, Yi B Wen, Li P Zhou, Hong Q Wang, Michael Catt and Stewart P Granger

PLOS ONE, 2010, vol. 5, issue 12, 1-7

Abstract: 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

Date: 2010
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