Delayed childbearing and maternal mortality.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
; 114(1): 19-22, 2004 May 10.
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| ID: mdl-15099865
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To assess the maternal age trend in pregnant women in Flanders, Belgium, and examine the impact of maternal age on maternal mortality. STUDYDESIGN:
Retrospective analysis of a population based regional perinatal database during one decade.RESULTS:
Between 1991 and 2000 a significant increase in maternal age was found, in primiparous as well as in multiparous women. The maternal mortality ratio was 5.8, and strongly related to maternal age, with a relative risk of 7.0 (95% CI 3.0-16.2) from the age of 35 on, and of 30.0 (95% CI 11.4-80.6) in women aged 40 years or beyond.CONCLUSIONS:
These data call for further research and action to facilitate career and reproduction, and for special care for older pregnant women.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Complicações na Gravidez
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Mortalidade Materna
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Idade Materna
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article