Late pregnancy increases the chances of longevity

The preservation of the ability of women to naturally conceive in adulthood is known to all. But late pregnancy is associated with many limitations, so it is not particularly welcomed by modern medicine. However, a new study shows that having a child after 33 significantly increases a woman’s chances of longevity, compared with women who gave birth to their last child by 30 years.



This statement is supported by biophysiological and genetic studies of more than 500 families in which they often lived to late old age. The results of the scientific work are published in the online journal Menopause. The study was conducted by the Boston University School of Medicine. The researchers analyzed data on 462 women. When a woman gives birth to her last child after the age of 33, she is twice as likely to live to 95 as women who gave birth to their last child at 29 or earlier.

At the same time, the level of development of late children is not inferior to their early peers. With them with the same efficiency can deal with the best tutors in all school subjects. The researchers also suggested that genetic variations provide a woman with a good preservation of the reproductive system, which entails a slow aging of all body systems. If a woman has genetic variations, she retains her ability to have children for a longer period, which increases her chances of a longer life, as well as the likelihood of passing these genes on to the next generation of women. This hypothesis answers the question of why 85% of centenarians are women and only 15% are men. The findings are consistent with a study of centenarians in New England.

Source: scienceblog.ru