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Increasing maternal age associates with lower placental CPT1B mRNA expression and acylcarnitines, particularly in overweight women

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2023
Older pregnant women have increased risks of complications including gestational diabetes and stillbirth. Carnitine palmitoyl transferase (CPT) expression declines with age in several tissues and is linked with poorer metabolic health. Mitochondrial CPTs
Hannah E. J. Yong   +19 more
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Maternal risk factors associated with term low birth weight in India: A review

open access: yesAnthropological Review, 2023
Low birth weight is one of the leading factors for infant morbidity and mortality. To a large extent affect, various maternal risk factors are associated with pregnancy outcomes by increasing odds of delivering an infant with low birth weight.
Harsh Vats   +4 more
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Association between Contextual Factors and Affordances in the Home Environment of Infants Exposed to Poverty

open access: yesChildren, 2023
Home environments of infants exposed to poverty exhibit fewer affordances for child development. This study aimed to investigate the association between contextual factors and affordances in the home environments of infants facing poverty.
Carolina Fioroni Ribeiro da Silva   +4 more
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Mitochondrial DNA levels in trophectodermal cells show no association with blastocyst development and pregnancy outcomes

open access: yesJournal of Human Reproductive Sciences, 2022
Background: In patients undergoing assisted reproduction, levels of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in the trophectodermal cells of the developing blastocyst are suggested to be associated with its ability to implant. However, discrepancies exist regarding the
G Ritu   +6 more
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Maternal Age and Child Development [PDF]

open access: yesDemography, 2018
Abstract Although the consequences of teen births for both mothers and children have been studied for decades, few studies have taken a broader look at the potential payoffs—and drawbacks—of being born to older mothers. A broader examination is important given the growing gap in maternal ages at birth for children born to mothers with ...
Duncan, Greg J   +3 more
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Why is “early childhood intensive care” an Italian association of neonatology study group?

open access: yesItalian Journal of Pediatrics, 2019
To date, a large number of children are hospitalized inappropriately in adult intensive care units, where the minimum standards of care are not applied to young patients. It is well-known that the child is not a small adult.
Nicola Pozzi   +3 more
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Effect of age of gravida on post-cesarean section pain: An observational study

open access: yesJournal of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Critical Care, 2023
Objective: Preoperative identification of women at greater risk of post-cesarean pain might allow more intensive analgesic interventions. This study aimed to assess the effect of age of a parturient on post-cesarean section (CS) pain.
Mohammad Kasim   +6 more
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Age and Maternal Mortality in Japan: Increased Maternal Mortality in Advanced Maternal Age

open access: yes, 2023
Abstract Objectives: This study aimed to clarify the relationship between maternal mortality and advanced maternal age in Japan and to provide useful information for future perinatal management. Methods: Maternal death rates by age group were investigated for all maternal deaths in Japan for an 11-year period, from 2010 to 2021. Maternal deaths
Hiroaki Tanaka   +11 more
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Post-surgical dentofacial deformities and dental treatment needs in cleft-lip-palate children: A clinical study

open access: yesJournal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 2011
Background: Cleft lip and palate is a common congenital defect. It is one of the most common facial deformities occurring in major racial and ethnic groups.
V Krishna Priya   +3 more
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An extended evaluation of the weathering hypothesis for birthweight

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2020
Background: Prior weathering research finds that US-born Black women experience more rapidly deteriorating birthweight outcomes at older ages than US-born White women.
Samuel Fishman
doaj   +1 more source

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