OBJECTIVES To evaluate clinical outcomes of pregnancies in adolescent, advanced and reproductive women maternal age. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 187 pregnant women were included into the study 51 (27.27%) were adolescent pregnancies, mean age 17.7 +/- 3.3 years (range, 14-18 years), 40 (21.29%) advanced maternal age pregnancies, mean age 41.4 +/- 2.6 years (range, 39-50 years) and 96 (51...

Purpose: The study aimed to show differences in temporal recovery of pelvic floor function within 6 months postpartum between women having their first delivery at an advanced age and those having their first delivery at a younger age. Methods: Seventeen women (age: 35.5 ± 3.5, BMI: 21.1 ± 3.2) were studied at about 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months after vaginal delivery. Urinary incontinence was...

Advanced maternal age defined as age 35 years or more at estimated date of delivery is considered to have higher incidence of obstetric complications and adverse pregnancy outcome than younger women. The objective of this study was to compare the obstetric and perinatal outcome of pregnancies in women with advanced maternal age > or = 35 years with that of younger women < 35 years. A prospectiv...

To assess the effect of maternal age on obstetric intervention and pregnancy outcome, a retrospective study compared obstetric intervention, pregnancy complications and outcome in 73 women of age > 35 years with 471 women of age 20-25 years attending Prince Ali Military Hospital, Jordan from June 1999 to May 2000. Older women were found to have significantly higher rates of medical complication...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of advanced maternal age on the rate of perinatal mortality. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study including all 56,517 singleton hospital deliveries between 1999 and 2008. METHODS Data were analyzed according to maternal age at delivery in 3 groups of women, 25-34 years, 35-39 years and ≥ 40 years, using the youngest as the reference group. RESULTS Odds ra...