Japanese researchers have found an explanation for why women live longer than men. Scientists believe that the secret lies in the immune system, which ages much more slowly in the fairer sex, while maintaining resistance to various diseases..

The participants of the experiment were 356 men and women aged 20 to 90 years.. After studying the blood tests of volunteers, experts found that over time, there is a decrease in the number of leukocytes in the body of both women and men.. Whereas a decrease in the number of T-lymphocytes and B-lymphocytes is observed only in men. In women, on the contrary, their number increases. The content of interleukins, which are an integral part of the immune system, in the blood of men is reduced much faster than in the blood of women.. In addition, according to the results of the study, the decrease in the level of red blood cells associated with age is inherent only in the body of the stronger sex..

" Our data show that rates decline much more slowly in women.. This may explain the fact that they live longer than men,"

Both sexes, he says, age differently for several reasons.. " The immune system is also influenced by sex hormones, in particular, they affect specific types of lymphocytes,"

Scientists are convinced that since the aging of the body in people occurs at different rates, the signs that indicate the state of the immune system make it possible for specialists to determine the true biological age of a person..

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