Oxidative stress as a hidden cost of attractiveness in postmenopausal women

Abstract Perceived facial attractiveness, a putative marker of high biological fitness, is costly to maintain throughout a lifetime and may cause higher oxidative stress (OS). We investigated the association between the facial features of 97 postmenopausal women and their levels of OS biomarkers 8-h...

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Main Authors: Urszula M. Marcinkowska, Anna Ziomkiewicz, Karel Kleisner, Andrzej Galbarczyk, Magdalena Klimek, Amelia Sancilio, Grazyna Jasienska, Richard G. Bribiescas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76627-9