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The study is going off of a measurement of biological age. The summary doesn't say which method, and I'm not going to pay to access it, but the effectiveness
by dlcarrier 1y ago
The study is going off of a measurement of biological
age. The summary doesn't say which method, and I'm not going to pay to access it, but the effectiveness of biological age measurements is pretty controversial. (https://www.everydayhealth.com/longevity/biological-age-test/ https://www.everydayhealth.com/longevity/biological-age-test...)
A better quick test is all-cause mortality, which shows higher death rates in colder months.
(https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6826a5.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6826a5.htm) It's not ideal, because you'd need to measure the entire lifespan of people exposed to hpt climates, compared to those not.
I live in California's central valley, where typical heat waves are well over 100 °F, usually passing 110 °F a few times a year. The lifespan here isn't any shorter than in the colder counties, and the counties with the longest life expectency are pretty mixed between hot and cold. (https://fox5sandiego.com/news/health/counties-with-the-longest-life-expectancy-in-california/ https://fox5sandiego.com/news/health/counties-with-the-longe...)