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info:eu-repo/semantics/other http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Dataset https://doi.org/10.17197/U25005 U25005 An Age-Old Advantage. Healthy aging in two centuries of Swedish and Dutch long-lived families Demographic Data Base (DDB), Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research (CEDAR) van Dijk, Ingrid Social Sciences Samhällsvetenskap Health Sciences Hälsovetenskap The aim of the project is to study long-lived families across multiple generations to understand the factors that contribute to healthy aging in a changing disease environment. The project examines how socioeconomic resources, lifestyle, and hereditary resilience influence the likelihood of living a long and healthy life. Using historical data, we identify families with a longevity advantage and track their development over time—from periods of high epidemic mortality to the rise of lifestyle-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The project has three main questions: 1. How disease trajectories differ for members of long-lived families compared to the general population. 2. How their immunological resilience differs from that of the general population. 3. How the role of socioeconomic status and lifestyle-related diseases in healthy aging has changed over time. Umeå University Umeå universitet 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z eng