Thermodynamic Assessment of the Impact of Pregnancy and Lactation on the Longevity of Women

Year 2022, Volume: 25 Issue: 4, 45 - 54, 01.12.2022

Gizem Ulu , Melek Ece Öngel , Bayram Yılmaz , Mustafa Özilgen

https://doi.org/10.5541/ijot.1145655

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Effects of the pregnancy and the following lactation periods on the lifespan entropy of the women has been evaluated. In the case of singleton pregnancy, a wealthy woman may generate 1.5% and in the case of twin pregnancy 2.1% of the total lifespan entropy of a non-pregnant wealthy women. In the case of a poor woman the singleton pregnancy, may generate 1.8% and in case of the twin pregnancy 2.1% of the total lifespan entropy generated by the non-pregnant wealthy woman. Results of the diet-based thermodynamic calculations for the poor women are compared with the demographic data collected across pre-industrial Europe and a good agreement was found.

Keywords

Thermodynamic assessment, Entropy generation, Diet-based entropic age, Telomere-length based energy efficiency, Pregnacy, Lactation, Historic demographic data

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