objective: the aim of this study was to investigate prenatal and obstetrical outcome in mothers aged 40 years or older. materials and methods: a prospective comparative study was conducted for the women aged 40 years and over who delivered at 20 week's gestation or beyond from january 2004 to december 2005 at four hospitals of tehran university of medical sciences. for comparison, a control gro...

down syndrome (ds), trisomy 21, is the most common chromosomal syndrome that affects one in 600-800 live births. the advanced maternal age is the only well known risk factor to cause ds. our study revealed that many young mothers produced ds children than advanced age mothers in india. a total of 150 suspected ds cases were investigated cytogenetically. randomly selected 200 healthy families in...

background: due to increase in pregnancy complications in advanced age, this study was conducted to assess the relationship between advanced maternal age and the pregnancy complications. methods: pregnant women who admitted to the motazedi hospital in kermanshah were included in this analytic–cross sectional study. the study group was 1178 cases that divided into two sub-groups; 35-40 year-old ...

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...