In a very interesting study recently released in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Australian researchers looked at blood pressure and insulin sensitivity of many groups of siblings.

What they found might surprise you. Could it really be that your health depends on if you’re the oldest, youngest or middle child?

Australian scientists recently released a study that looked at birth order and how it might correlate with hypertension (high blood pressure) and risk of diabetes, along with other metabolic markers.

They discovered after looking at the medical histories of a variety of people, including many firstborns, and controlling for lifestyle differences, that a child that is the oldest in the family has a 21% lower insulin sensitivity. This is a risk factor for developing Type 2 diabetes later.

Firstborns also showed an average of a 4mm/Hg higher systolic pressure than children who had older siblings as well.

Interestingly, there was no statistically relevant difference in blood lipid levels across the different groups.

The numbers are, of course, an average and should be looked at more as interesting study facts rather than absolute reality. There are many examples of older siblings having much better health than their younger brothers and sisters.

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