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The young ‘elderly’ primipara revisited
Author(s) -
Kraus PA,
Hassan S
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.2001.tb01329.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , advanced maternal age , age groups , paternal age , obstetrics , demography , pediatrics , pregnancy , fetus , physics , sociology , biology , offspring , optics , genetics
SUMMARY A 1970 analysis of labour ward data to determine whether primiparas in the 30 to 34 year age group should be considered ‘at risk’ due to age was repeated in 1997. Control groups were primiparas aged 20 to 23 and multiparas 2 and 3. Incidence of operative delivery, several other obstetric outcomes j and the condition of the infant at birth were compared in various age groups. Both studies showed that the 30 to 34 age group was at increased risk of operative delivery.