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Maternal age and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: The 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. METHODS: This retrospective study considered all...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6651936/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31337350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2400-x |
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author | Londero, Ambrogio P. Rossetti, Emma Pittini, Carla Cagnacci, Angelo Driul, Lorenza |
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description | BACKGROUND: The 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. METHODS: This retrospective study considered all single consecutive pregnancies delivered in a tertiary referral center between 2001 and 2014. Patients were categorized into 4 groups according to maternal age at delivery (< 17 years; 18–28 years; 29–39 years; > 40 years). The following outcomes were considered (amongst others): pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders (PRHDs), neonatal resuscitation (NR), neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission, periventricular leucomalacia (PVL), and grade 3 and 4 intraventicular hemorrhage (IVH). RESULTS: During the considered period 22,933 single pregnancies gave birth in our unit. We observed 71 women aged < 17 years, and 1552 aged > 40 years. In each year throughout the study period, there was a significant increment in maternal age of 0.041 years (95% CI 0.024–0.058) every new year. Multivariate analysis concluded out that maternal age over 40 years was an independent risk factor for preterm delivery (OR 1.36 95% CI 1.16–1.61, p < 0.05, PRHDs (OR 2.36 95% CI 1.86–3.00, p < 0.05), GDM (OR 1.71 95% CI 1.37–2.12, p < 0.05) cesarean section (OR 1.99 95% CI 1.78–2.23, p < 0.05), abnormal fetal presentation (OR 1.29 95% CI 1.03–1.61, p < 0.05), and fetal PVL (OR 3.32 95% CI 1.17–9.44, p < 0.05). We also observed that maternal age under 17 years or over 40 years was an independent risk factor for grade 3 or 4 neonatal IVH (OR 2.97 95% CI 1.24–7.14, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These findings confirm a negative impact of extreme maternal ages on pregnancy. These results should be carefully taken into account by maternal care providers in order to inform women adequately, supporting them in understanding potential risks associated with their procreation choices, and to improve clinical surveillance. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s12884-019-2400-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-66519362019-07-31 Maternal age and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study Londero, Ambrogio P. Rossetti, Emma Pittini, Carla Cagnacci, Angelo Driul, Lorenza BMC Pregnancy Childbirth Research Article BACKGROUND: The 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. METHODS: This retrospective study considered all single consecutive pregnancies delivered in a tertiary referral center between 2001 and 2014. Patients were categorized into 4 groups according to maternal age at delivery (< 17 years; 18–28 years; 29–39 years; > 40 years). The following outcomes were considered (amongst others): pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders (PRHDs), neonatal resuscitation (NR), neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission, periventricular leucomalacia (PVL), and grade 3 and 4 intraventicular hemorrhage (IVH). RESULTS: During the considered period 22,933 single pregnancies gave birth in our unit. We observed 71 women aged < 17 years, and 1552 aged > 40 years. In each year throughout the study period, there was a significant increment in maternal age of 0.041 years (95% CI 0.024–0.058) every new year. Multivariate analysis concluded out that maternal age over 40 years was an independent risk factor for preterm delivery (OR 1.36 95% CI 1.16–1.61, p < 0.05, PRHDs (OR 2.36 95% CI 1.86–3.00, p < 0.05), GDM (OR 1.71 95% CI 1.37–2.12, p < 0.05) cesarean section (OR 1.99 95% CI 1.78–2.23, p < 0.05), abnormal fetal presentation (OR 1.29 95% CI 1.03–1.61, p < 0.05), and fetal PVL (OR 3.32 95% CI 1.17–9.44, p < 0.05). We also observed that maternal age under 17 years or over 40 years was an independent risk factor for grade 3 or 4 neonatal IVH (OR 2.97 95% CI 1.24–7.14, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These findings confirm a negative impact of extreme maternal ages on pregnancy. These results should be carefully taken into account by maternal care providers in order to inform women adequately, supporting them in understanding potential risks associated with their procreation choices, and to improve clinical surveillance. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s12884-019-2400-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2019-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6651936/ /pubmed/31337350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2400-x Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Londero, Ambrogio P. Rossetti, Emma Pittini, Carla Cagnacci, Angelo Driul, Lorenza Maternal age and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study |
title | Maternal age and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study |
title_full | Maternal age and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study |
title_fullStr | Maternal age and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study |
title_full_unstemmed | Maternal age and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study |
title_short | Maternal age and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study |
title_sort | maternal age and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6651936/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31337350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2400-x |
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