Revealed : Poor men die sooner ‘due to low testosterone


Richest people in Britain are living up to eight years longer than the poorest

  • Scientists have announced a possible reason – it’s all down to our hormones
  • Researchers found that men from poor and uneducated backgrounds have lower levels of testosterone than their well-off counterparts

The link between wealth and health in Britain is well established, with the richest of us living up to eight years longer than the poorest.

Now scientists have announced a possible reason — and it all comes down to our hormones.

Researchers found that men from poor and uneducated backgrounds have lower levels of testosterone than their well-off counterparts.

 

The study at University College London showed that those with the lowest household income — defined as less than £6,000 a year — had 10 per cent lower testosterone levels than men earning £30,000 or more.

Low testosterone has been linked to depression, osteoporosis, weight gain and loss of muscle.

The study of 1,880 British men and women also revealed that women whose parents were unskilled workers have testosterone levels 15 per cent higher than women whose parents had professional jobs.

That leaves them more at risk of early puberty, infertility and polycystic ovaries.

Those with the least education also have low levels of cortisol — which can lead to pain, depression, insomnia and heart palpitations — and depleted levels of IGF proteins (insulin-like growth factor). Low levels are linked to an increased risk of cancer and reduced mental abilities.

Women with no qualifications were found to have 16 per cent less IGF than women with degrees.

Men from the same background have eight per cent less than better-off males.

Professor Diana Kuh, of the Medical Research Council’s Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at University College London, told the Daily Telegraph: ‘In the UK, substantial health inequalities exist. We found socio-economic disadvantage across life, based on father’s social class and the study member’s education, social class and income, was associated with an adverse hormone profile.

‘These hormones are thought to work together to ensure healthy development and also have many different roles in regulating health in older age.

‘These socio-economic differences in hormone systems may play a role in explaining social inequalities in health as we age.

‘Hormones may be affected by exposure across life to stress, adverse events, health problems and obesity, and unhealthy lifestyles such as physical inactivity, poor diet and smoking.

‘We are examining the impact of these hormone differences in explaining inequalities in physical and mental functioning in older age.’

 

 

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