ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2004
Impact of maternal age on preterm delivery and low birthweight: a hospital-based collaborative study of nulliparous Lebanese women in Greater Beirut.
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- Preterm delivery but not intrauterine growth retardation is associated with young maternal age among primiparae in rural Nepal.Maternal & child nutrition · 2007Trial
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- Socio-demographic determinants of low birth weight: Evidence from the Kassena-Nankana districts of the Upper East Region of Ghana.PloS one · 2018Article
- Determinants of institutional delivery among young married women in Nepal: Evidence from the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, 2011.BMJ open · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo analyze the impact of maternal age at first childbirth on the incidence of preterm delivery and low birthweight among single live births delivered to nulliparous Lebanese women in Greater Beirut. STUDY
designEligible subjects were selected from a consecutive sample of neonatal admissions to nine National Collaborative Perinatal Network participating hospitals over a three-year period (April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2002). Chi-square tests and logistic regression analyses were applied.
resultsOut of 5556 nulliparous mothers, 5.4% had a preterm delivery and 5.2% a low-birthweight infant. In the multivariate analysis, preterm delivery was not significantly affected by old maternal age. Mothers aged 25 years or more remained a high-risk group for low birthweight even after controlling for potentially confounding characteristics.
conclusionsMaternal age at first childbirth above 25 years is an independent risk factor for low birthweight, but not for preterm delivery, an outcome influenced mainly by obstetric complications.
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