What is the main cause of aging in women?

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Having many children accelerates the aging of cells of the female body, according to a new study by scientists at Northwestern University (Illinois, USA), whose Results Collect Medical Express

Researchers badyzed data on the leading markers of cellular aging – telomere length and epigenetic age – in more than 3,000 women aged 20 to 22 years and found that they appeared to be more developed in women's bodies. with more pregnancies in their reproductive history.

In their study scientists verified changes in cells during pregnancy related to "adaptive changes in a mother's immune system."

Each pregnancy accelerates cellular aging in between 5 months and 2 years, which clearly shows that having more children, especially more than four or five, increases the risk of certain diseases. and reduces life expectancy, say the authors of the study

Surprisingly, specialists have revealed that the epigenetic age of women who were pregnant during the survey was lower what it should be.

Christopher Kuzawa, author of the study, argues that "the state of pregnancy makes the young woman temporary." However, there is "a lasting and cumulative relationship between the number of pregnancies and a greater acceleration of biological age".

(Actualité RT)

They find the main cause of aging in women