Do clever people live longer?

Baack · Feb 15, 2010

Intelligence comes second only to smoking as a predictor of heart disease, scientists said on Wednesday, suggesting public health campaigns may need to be designed for people with lower IQs if they are to work.

Research by Britain's Medical Research Council (MRC) found that lower intelligence quotient (IQ) scores were associated with higher rates of heart disease and death, and were more important indicators than any other risk factors except smoking.

Heart disease is the leading killer of men and women Europe, the United States and most industrialised countries.

According to the World Health Organisation, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes accounted for 32 percent of all deaths around the world in 2005.
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Hardlyevr · Feb 15, 2010

Mr. Darwin might not approve!

48Packard · Feb 15, 2010

Actually, clever people do NOT live longer.

They just make you think they do.

Ducks · Feb 15, 2010

The title to this article is misleading. I don't equate cleverness with IQ -- they are two distinct traits. There are quite a few folks out there with very high IQ's who are rather slow on the draw, so to speak.

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