Maternal age and child morbidity: A Danish national cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The mean age at delivery has increased over the latest half of a century. Women of advanced maternal age have increased obstetrical risks and increased risk of chromosomal abnormalities and some other specified diagnoses in the offspring. The aim of this study was to assess the association between maternal age and overall child morbidity according to main diagnosis groups.

Material and methods

We conducted a national cohort study including 352 027 live firstborn singleton children. The children were born between Jan 1994 and Dec 2009 and followed to Dec 2012. Children were divided into groups according to maternal age: 15-24, 25-29, 30-34, and 35+ years. Poisson regression analyses calculated adjusted incidence rate ratios (IRR) of child morbidities according to

SUBMITTER: Hviid MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5381873 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature