What's the difference between centenarian and sexagenarian?

Centenarian


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or relating to a hundred years.
  • (n.) A person a hundred years old.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The centenarian has already been tested by life and found exceptionally fit.
  • (2) The frequencies of 80 HLA antigen phenotypes in 82 centenarians and 20 nonagenarians in Okinawa, Japan, were compared with those in other healthy adults in various age-brackets.
  • (3) By clinical observations of 115 centenarians and 742 nonagenarians, the actual state of mental aging of the very old Japanese and some factors relating to it are shown in this paper.
  • (4) We compared the clinical laboratory findings of the centenarians with that of 60-80 year olds.
  • (5) We think centenarians do not present a special case and our clinical observations suggest a continuous process of aging.
  • (6) Cytofluorimetric analysis of peripheral blood lymphocytes showed a striking age-dependent decrease in total and CD5+B cells (without changes in their ratio), which reached its nadir in centenarians.
  • (7) The centenarian, one of about 24 Japanese alive who have passed the 110-year milestone, claims she has never been ill, and quickly recovered after breaking her leg in a fall at the age of 102.
  • (8) Vital statistics data previously published by the Registrar General of England and Wales have been separated into male and female deaths in 1960-69 aged 100, 1961-70 aged 101, 1962-71 aged 102 etc., to represent cohorts of 292 male and 1463 female centenarians born in 1859-1869.
  • (9) Like other super-centenarians (110 or older), the daughter of sharecroppers and granddaughter of slaves had her own explanation of her longevity – more than 10 hours of sleep a night and lifelong abstinence from alcohol and cigarettes.
  • (10) Results revealed differences in personality: centenarians scored higher on dominance, suspiciousness, and imagination.
  • (11) The urogenital and digestive systems in 23 centenarians (7 males and 16 females) were examined pathologically.
  • (12) Though age-related changes were present in the centenarians, these age-related biological changes did not hinder them from reaching very old age.
  • (13) By contrast, prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies in centenarians was not significantly different from that in controls aged less than 50.
  • (14) Most of these centenarians died of bronchopneumonia or myocardial fibrosis.
  • (15) Compared to the younger cohorts, centenarians consumed breakfast more regularly, avoided weight loss diets and large fluctuations in body weight, consumed slightly more vegetables, and relied on their doctor and family more than on the news media for nutrition information.
  • (16) But studies and testimony from centenarians suggest that lasting friendships, community ties, as well as generous pensions and decent healthcare, can be as important as eating well, avoiding tobacco and drinking in moderation.
  • (17) Demographic data of 218 centenarians in Hungary were collected, and 123 were examined by a medical team.
  • (18) The concentration of vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) was measured in samples of cortex from patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), fetuses with Down's syndrome (DS), and also in a group of centenarians.
  • (19) There were nearly 59,000 centenarians in Japan in September last year, government figures show – which means 46 out of every 100,000 people is 100 or over.
  • (20) But does this tally with the advice of other centenarians?

Sexagenarian


Definition:

  • (n.) A person who is sixty years old.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ozzy Osbourne joined fellow sexagenarians Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward at the venue where the band made their Los Angeles debut in 1970, to address a large, black-t-shirt-clad crowd.
  • (2) Hopefully it takes more than a throwing knife hurled by a vengeful sexagenarian to take him down.
  • (3) Late results of pacemaker implanted in the octogenarian have been as good as in the sexagenarian.
  • (4) We studied two sexagenarians who had recurrent circumscribed attacks of amnesia.
  • (5) The sexagenarian patriarch has, however, expressed doubts about his sons’ plan for a commune of “patriots” in Oregon.
  • (6) Atrial septal defect in the sexagenarian can be closed without complication.
  • (7) In contrast in treated sexagenarians protracted awakening was observed.