With people that I know, there were many who the older they were, the less side effects they had.
ご質問ありがとうございます。
"With people that I know"=「私が知っている人達の場合」
"there were many who"=「~である人が多かった」
"the older they were"=「年が上がれば上がるほど」
"the less side effects they had."=「副作用が少なかった。」
("had"の代わりに"showed"=「見せた」も使えます)
ご参考になると幸いです。
The older people get, the fewer side effects they experience.
The older people get, the fewer side effects they experience.
The older people get: 「人々が年を取れば取るほど」という意味です。get older で「年を取る」となります。
例文:
"It's interesting. The older people get, the fewer side effects they experience with certain medications, at least from what I've seen."
(「面白いね。年齢が上がれば上がるほど、特定の薬の副作用を経験する人が少ないんだ、少なくとも私が見てきた限りではね。」)