Background & aim: Pre-pregnancy period is like a window of hope during which the doctors and midwives can help the mothers to solve or adjust the problems needing special care before pregnancy. Therefore, this study was carried out to determine the risk factors for pregnancy health among the females seeking planned pregnancy. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 350 females of child...

The purpose of this study was to investigate how advanced maternal age influences lifestyle, nutrient intake, iron status, and pregnancy outcomes in pregnant women. The subjects of this study were 112 pregnant women who were receiving prenatal care at gynecologists located in Seoul. The subjects were divided into two groups according to their ages: those over age 35 were the advanced age group ...

BACKGROUND We hypothesized that hemodynamic adaptations related to pregnancy and ageing might be associated with differences in blood pressure levels during pregnancy between younger and older women. This might partly explain the increased risk of gestational hypertensive disorders with advanced maternal age. We examined the associations of maternal age with systolic and diastolic blood pressur...

Background: It seems pregnant women who are young or those who are near menopause have risk for maternal complications of pregnancy. In this study, it was decided to investigate the correlation between the complications of pregnancy and age in Alzahra hospital in Rasht. Materials and Methods: In this survey the maternal complications of pregnancy (cesarien section, pregnancy induced Hypertensio...

OBJECTIVES To determine if maternal serum levels of 25(OH)D at 11-13 weeks' gestation are altered in pregnancies that subsequently deliver small for gestational age (SGA) neonates and whether the levels are related to placental function reflected in serum concentration of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A). METHODS Serum 25(OH)D and PAPP-A were measured at 11-13 weeks in 150 singl...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between maternal age and a wide range of adverse pregnancy outcomes after adjustment for confounding factors in obstetric history and maternal characteristics. METHODS This was a retrospective study in women with singleton pregnancies attending the first routine hospital visit at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks' gestation. Data on maternal characteristics, and medi...

OBJECTIVE To determine changes in plasma C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), a paracrine product of the vascular endothelium, in pregnancies with vascular disorders, and relate these to time of presentation and severity. DESIGN Retrospective nested cases and controls. SETTING Community study, Auckland New Zealand. POPULATION Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints (SCOPE) data and bio-bank of mat...

Abstract
 Objective: Gestational emesis affects the whole pregnancy process and newborn baby after pregnancy, starting from early stages of pregnancy. In this study, it was aimed to investigate factors affecting gestational emesis.
 Materials-Methods: This study evaluated relationship between severity nausea-vomiting nutrition health status 100 pregnant women aged 18-40 years who appl...

Changes in circulating levels of maternal serum transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-β1), collected from 98 women (AGA) at different gestational ages (10-38 weeks) were measured and comparisons were made between levels in pregnant and nonpregnant controls and also between 10 women with small-for-gestational age (SGA) and 7 with appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) fetuses. Maternal serum TGF...