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

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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