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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Jamie Grierson

Pregnancy may speed up biological ageing, study finds

A pregnant woman
The researchers worked out participants’ biological age using six ‘epigenetic clocks’. Photograph: Juice Images/Alamy

Pregnancy may speed up biological ageing in women, a study has found.

Scientists at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York looked at the reproductive histories and DNA samples from 1,735 people in a long-term, continuing health survey in the Philippines to investigate the influence pregnancy has on the ageing process.

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