Scientists have developed way of predicting how likely a person is to live beyond the age of 100.The breakthrough, described in the journal Science, is based on 150 genetic "signposts" found in exceptionally long-lived people.
The researchers created a mathematical model, which takes information from these signposts to work out a person's chance of reaching 100.
It is based on the largest study of centenarians in the world.
This is a rare trait - only one in 6,000 people in industrialised countries reaches such a ripe old age. And 90% them are still disability free by the age of 93.
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