Background Most studies have shown that maternal age is associated with birth weight. However, the specific relationship between each additional year of maternal age and birth weight remains unclear.
Shanshan Wang +8 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Maternal nutritional status mediates the association between maternal age and birth outcomes [PDF]
Young maternal age during pregnancy is linked with adverse birth outcomes. This study examined the role of maternal nutritional status in the association between maternal age and small for gestational age (SGA) delivery and birth length.
Argaw, Alemayehu +7 more
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Effect of age of gravida on post-cesarean section pain: An observational study
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
doaj +1 more source
Age and Maternal Mortality in Japan: Increased Maternal Mortality in Advanced Maternal Age
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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Effect of maternal age on facility-based delivery: analysis of first-order births in 34 countries of sub-Saharan Africa using demographic and health survey data. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: Increasing access to skilled birth attendance, usually via childbirth in health facilities, is a key intervention to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Yet, in some countries of sub-Saharan Africa, the uptake is
Benova, Lenka +2 more
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Maternal age and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study
BackgroundThe increased potential for negative pregnancy outcomes in both extremes of reproductive age is a well-debated argument. The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence and the outcome of pregnancies conceived at extreme maternal ages ...
A. Londero +4 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Maternal Age, History of Disease, Nutritional Status in Pregnancy, and Their Association with Low Birth-Weight in Aisiyah Hospital, Kudus, Central Java [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Low Birth Weight (LBW) is a risk factor for diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease in adult. The incidence of LBW remained high in Indonesia.
Cholifah, N. (Noor)
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Toddlers' food preferences: The impact of novel food exposure, maternal preferences and food neophobia [PDF]
Food preferences have been identified as a key determinant of children’s food acceptance and consumption. The aim of this study was to identify factors that influence children’s liking for fruits, vegetables and non-core foods.
Byrne, Rebecca +4 more
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A possible new approach in the prediction of late gestational hypertension: The role of the fetal aortic intima-media thickness [PDF]
The aim was to determine the predictive role of combined screening for late-onset gestational hypertension by fetal ultrasound measurements, third trimester uterine arteries (UtAs) Doppler imaging, and maternal history.
Camerin, Martina +4 more
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The association of maternal prenatal psychosocial stress with vascular function in the child at age 10-11 years: findings from the Avon longitudinal study of parents and children [PDF]
Objective To investigate whether (1) maternal psychosocial stress (depression/anxiety) during pregnancy is associated with offspring vascular function and (2) whether any association differs depending on the gestational timing of exposure to stress.
Dawe, K +6 more
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