Some researchers have noted that any compromise to the human body's ability to thermoregulate would in theory increase risk of mortality.
The acceleration plots for the leading causes of death show several striking patterns that must be explained by any theory of aging and mortality [ 2, 7].
Life history theory that addresses questions of mortality and reproduction, predicts that modulation of extrinsic mortality will after some generations also affect intrinsic mortality, reproduction and physiological aging pattern.
Dr. Lachin's exposition of the theory that the apparent excess of mortality in ACCORD was due to the play of chance is very welcome.
The Terror Management theory argues that human understanding of mortality creates an existential anxiety that must be kept under constant control.
The epidemiological transition theory put forward by Olshansky and Ault (13) emphasized the importance of mortality changes in the older age groups.
This meta-analysis supports the theory that higher consumption of fruit and vegetables is associated with a reduced risk of mortality from all causes and cardiovascular disease.
The classic ET theory largely neglected the critical role of social determinants, being largely a theoretical generalisation of mortality experience in some countries.
In theory, the mortality from lung cancer should have been removed during the building of the life tables adjusted for smoking.
