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Disease-free age survival for cardiovascular disease (CVD), dementia, stroke and hypertension (HTN) in controls (individuals without a familial predisposition for exceptional longevity (black line), and centenarians (color lines), stratified by age in years at death. The data demonstrate a consistent delay in onset of CVD, dementia and stroke when HTN starts late in life. (Reprinted with permission from reference 35).
