American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
ResearchObstetricsPregnancy outcome at extremely advanced maternal age
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Methods
The study sample consisted of women who were at least 45 years old at the time of delivery and who gave birth in our hospital between 2000 and 2008. For the purpose of comparison groups, data were compared with 3 control groups, which were matched by maternal age, in a 10:1 ratio (20-29, 30-39, and 40-44 years.). These groups were comprised of the next 10 deliveries for each of the 3 age subgroups after a delivery of a woman at ≥45 years old in the same time period. In addition, we further
Results
During the study period, 79,650 women gave birth in our hospital; 177 of these women (0.2%) were ≥45 years old at the time of delivery.
The demographic and obstetric characteristics for the study and the control groups are given in Table 1. Gravidity and parity and the rates of chronic hypertension and pregestational diabetes mellitus increased all through maternal age categories. The rates of GDM and preeclampsia toxemia in the study group were significantly higher in comparison with the
Comment
Although it is generally uncommon, in the last 3 decades, the prevalence of delaying family planning after the age of 40 years old significantly increased.1 Moreover, because of enormous advances in reproductive medicine and oocyte donation, even postmenopausal women in their 5th and 6th decades of life may become pregnant. As a consequence, gravidity and parity in the last few decades created a unique group of pregnant women in the extreme advanced maternal age. Despite the fact that this
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Cite this article as: Yogev Y, Melamed N, Tenenbaum-Gavish K, et al. Pregnancy outcome at extremely advanced maternal age. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;203:558.e1-7.