A recent expert said there was a simple test you can do at home to predict life expectancy, the newspaper Mirror reported.

Exercise for longevity

Although factors such as genetics and diseases are out of our control, lifestyle options such as diet and exercise play a decisive role in life expectancy.If you want to predict your life expectancy, there is now an easy method to do it, according to an American doctor.

That is the sitting and standing test (Sitting - Rising Test), according to Dr. Natalie Azar, Medical Collaborator of NBC News.

On NBC News's Today, Dr. Azar performed a sitting exercise and stood up to illustrate television viewers.According to the doctor, this test helps predict the life expectancy of people from 51 to 80 years old.

This test provides detailed information about many aspects related to longevity, focusing on cardiovascular condition, stability, agility, core and muscle strength in the feet, plus flexibilityThe toughness of the body.

The best thing is that this test does not need special equipment, just enough room to sit down and stand up with the power of the legs and abdomen.

The highest point of this test is 10. You will be deducted a point every time you need a help to stand up or sit down.

Low scores can adversely affect your life prospects.Excerpts from the study since 2012, Dr. Azar said: "The study found that the lower the point, the higher the chance of death in the next six years."

"Eight points or more are what you should achieve. When we get older, we spend time talking about cardiovascular health and rhythm gymnastics, but the balance, flexibility and agilityIt is also really important ".

What do scientific research say?

Earlier, the European Heart Association published a study with the participation of 2,002 people, of which 68% were men.Research and observe participants conducting a sitting test and standing up.

The study stated: "Muscle physical strength, assessed by the sitting test and stand up, is a predictive factor of mortality rate in subjects from 51 to 80 years old."

People with the lowest score (from 0 to 3) have a risk of death of six times higher than those with the highest score (from 8 to 10).An amazing figure is 40% of those with the lowest score who died within 11 years after the study.

Dr. Claudio Gil Araujo, the head of the research, explained: "When compared to other approaches to check the function, the sitting test and stand up without requiring specific equipment, this exerciseSafe, easy to apply in a short time (less than two minutes) and for a reliable score.To apply to many population groups, from children to the elderly. "

"If a middle -aged or old woman can sit up from the floor with one hand - or even better than without the help of one hand - then they are not only in the group that is rated.higher in musculoskeletal physical strength that their survival prognosis is probably better than those who cannot do so. "

However, experts note that usually, people with the lowest scores are usually older than those with higher scores.Dr. Greg Hartley, Associate Professor at the University of Miami, USA, wrote in Atlanta Journal-Constitution that this test may not be entirely accurate.

"Weakness, strength, muscle mass, physical performance - those things have a relationship with the mortality rate, but I want to warn people that the correlation does not mean the original relationship.Human-results, "Dr. Greg Hartley commented.

(According to Mirror)