研究显示母亲分娩时的年龄或可决定孩子的寿命_BEC初级作文

研究显示母亲分娩时的年龄或可决定孩子的寿命

The secret of a long and healthy life could be as simple as your mother's age at the time of your birth.

长寿健康的秘诀可以简单到只是你母亲生你时的年龄。

Babies born to women under 25 are almost twice as likely to live to 100 as those born to older mothers, a study has shown.

一项研究显示，与高龄女性生的孩子相比，25岁以下女性生的孩子，活到100岁的几率是前者的两倍。

The finding could have implications for the tens of thousands of British babies born to older mothers each year.

这项研究可能会对英国每年由高龄女性生出的成千上万的婴儿产生影响。

研究显示母亲分娩时的年龄或可决定孩子的寿命1

The trend for delaying parenthood means that almost half of the 720,000 babies born each year are born to mothers aged 30-plus.

推迟生育的趋势意味着，在每年出生的72万名婴儿中，几乎有一半的母亲都是30岁以上。

Previous work by the University of Chicago husband and wife team Dr Leonid Gavrilov and Dr Natalia Gavrilov had shown that firstborn children live longer than their younger siblings.

芝加哥大学列奥尼德·加夫里洛夫博士和纳塔莉亚·加夫里洛夫博士夫妇二人之前的研究证实，家中的老大要比其兄弟姐妹长寿。

Now it appears the two are linked, with older children living longer because their mothers are younger when they have them. However, the father's age has little effect on longevity.