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Looks and Longevity: Do Prettier People Live Longer? (www.sciencedirect.com)
from Blaze@reddthat.com to science@mander.xyz on 29 Jun 21:42
https://reddthat.com/post/21419480

Highlights

Little is known about the association between facial attractiveness and longevity
We analyze how attractiveness based on yearbook pictures is linked to longevity
We find that the least attractive 1/6th had a significantly Higher Hazard of mortality
The least attractive 1/6th of women lived almost 2 years less than others at 20.
The least attractive 1/6th of men lived almost 1 years less than others at 20.

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Vampire@hexbear.net on 29 Jun 21:47 next collapse

We stay winning.

Sucks to suck , uggos

hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net on 29 Jun 23:20 collapse

Sometimes I feel the social sciences are an elaborate bit. Not only do they not control for the obvious variables, there’s no response once you go avove a certain treshold (indicating that it’s probably the confounding variables at play), and the attractiveness paper divides up the population in sextiles.

otp@sh.itjust.works on 29 Jun 22:40 next collapse

Any relationship found with cause of death?

And hopefully they controlled for parental income…

adam_y@lemmy.world on 29 Jun 23:51 collapse

If you read the paper…

This finding remained robust to the inclusion of covariates describing high-school achievement, intelligence, family background, earnings as adults, as well as mental and physical health in middle adulthood.

otp@sh.itjust.works on 30 Jun 04:08 collapse

Thank you!

snooggums@midwest.social on 29 Jun 23:38 next collapse

On average, being more attractive means being more successful. Being successful leads to more money. More money leads to being able to afford more food, less stress due to more economic stability, and more access to better healthcare.

Obviously not 100% guaranteed, but kind of obvious when looking st averages.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world on 30 Jun 02:55 collapse

It’s probably because damsels in distress get rescued by the male protagonist while hags are on their own and have to rely on hissing and casting spells.