Objective To study the differences in living habit and blood biochemical indicators of male elderly people at different age groups in a"regional longevity"gathering area in Chongqing and the high fre-quency variation of mitochondrial DNA(mtDNA)in the elderly people(≥90 years old).Methods The male elderly people aged ≥60 years old in a"regional longevity"gathering area in Chongqing were randomly select-ed as the study subjects and divided into the group A(60-＜70 years old),group B(70-＜80 years old),group C(80-＜90 years old)and group D(≥90 years old).The differences of vegetable and fruit consump-tion,dairy bean consumption,outdoor activities,sleep time and blood biochemical indexes were compared a-mong different age groups.Then peripheral blood in the above subjects was collected for extracting mtDNA and sequencing.The meaningful mtDNA mutations between the various groups and group D were found out by the bioinformatics analysis.Results There were no statistically significant differences in consumption of vegetables and fruits,consumption of dairy beans,outdoor activities and sleep duration among different age groups(P＞0.05).There were statistically significant differences in erythrocyte and creatinine of blood bio-chemical indexes among the partial groups(P＜0.05).The mitochondria mutation analysis found 4 105 mtD-NA mutation sites,mainly single base mutation,the most common mutation was T＞C(22.57％),followed by C＞T(19.82％)and A＞G(19.36％).The average mutation rate of mtDNA in the group D was the high-est(8.392％),in which 3 mtDNA variants were found to have significant differences between different age groups and group D(P＜0.1),including mtDNA5396-5411CAACGTAAA＞C,mtDNA5414A＞T and mtD-NA5417G＞T.Conclusion There was no significant difference in the living habits of male elderly people of different ages.The mutation rate of mtDNA in the advanced age group was the highest.mtDNA5396-5411CAACGTAAA＞C,mtDNA5414A＞T and mtDNA5417G＞T variations may be related to"regional lon-gevity".