Open AccessMaternal age and duration of labor
Author(s) -
Rasmussen Svein,
And Leif Bungum,
Høie Karin
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016349409023445
Subject(s) - medicine , duration (music) , obstetrics , literature , art
The computerized records of a population of 7214 women who were delivered during the period 1987‐1991 were analysed. We studied the possible relationship of the duration of the first and second stages of labor to maternal age. In para 0, para 1 and para 2+ mothers we found an independent positive correlation between the second stage duration and maternal age. By multiple stepwise regression analysis maternal age turns out to be one of the most influential maternal characteristics of the second stage of labor. No correlation was found between maternal age and the duration of the first stage.