Does Advanced Maternal Age Comprise an Independent Risk Factor for Caesarean Section? A Population-Wide Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between a mother's age and the risk of caesarean section (CS) when controlling for health factors and selected sociodemographic characteristics.

Methods

Binary logistic regression models for all women who gave birth in Czechia in 2018 (N = 111,749 mothers who gave birth to 113,234 children).

Results

An increase in the age of a mother significantly increases the odds of a CS birth according to all of the models; depending on the model, OR: 1.62 (95% CI 1.54-1.71) to 1.84 (95% CI 1.70-1.99) for age group 35-39 and OR: 2.83 (95% CI 2.60-3.08) to 3.71 (95% CI 3.23-4.27) for age group 40+ compared to age group 25-29. This strong association between the age of a mother and the risk of CS is further reinforced for primiparas (probabil

SUBMITTER: Stastna A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9819592 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature