{"id":19478,"date":"2026-06-11T22:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=19478"},"modified":"2026-06-11T22:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:10:00","slug":"age-you-lost-your-virginity-could-determine-how-well-you-age-in-later-life-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=19478","title":{"rendered":"Age you lost your virginity could determine how well you age in later life, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"211\">A study using UK Biobank genetic data found a <strong data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"144\">statistical link (not a cause-and-effect)<\/strong> between age of first sexual intercourse and later health outcomes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"281\">People genetically linked to earlier sexual activity tended to have:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"450\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1345057\" data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"323\">slightly higher frailty in later life<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"17rtp84\" data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"402\">more mental and physical health risks (like COPD or ADHD in some pathways)<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"den1yw\" data-start=\"403\" data-end=\"450\">lower overall wellbeing measures on average<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"452\" data-end=\"483\">However, researchers emphasize:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"484\" data-end=\"683\">\n<li data-section-id=\"i7c1eo\" data-start=\"484\" data-end=\"540\">this does <strong data-start=\"496\" data-end=\"540\">NOT mean early sex causes aging problems<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"b49p7a\" data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"614\">results are based on <strong data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"614\">genetic correlations, not simple life tracking<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"7oupk5\" data-start=\"615\" data-end=\"683\">many factors (mental health, environment, behavior) are involved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A study using UK Biobank genetic data found a statistical link (not a cause-and-effect) between age of first sexual intercourse and later health outcomes. People <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=19478\" title=\"Age you lost your virginity could determine how well you age in later life, study finds\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19480,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19478\/revisions\/19480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}