Perinatal outcome of twin pregnancies in women of advanced age
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2008Author
Delbaere, I
Verstraelen, H
Goetgeluk, S
Martens, G
Derom, C
De Bacquer, D
De Backer, G
Temmerman, M
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BACKGROUND:
The aim of this study was to assess the outcome of twin pregnancies in women of advanced age (>or=35 years) compared with women aged 25-29 years old.
METHODS:
This population-based retrospective study compared perinatal outcome of twin pregnancies in primiparae aged 35 or older (N = 240) to that of twin pregnancies in primiparae aged 25-29 years (N = 940). Observed outcomes are adjusted for intermediate (mode of conception and hypertension during pregnancy) and confounding variables (level of education). The possible effect of zygosity and chorionicity was tested in a subset of this database, recorded in the East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey (EFPTS).
RESULTS:
In twin pregnancies, maternal age of 35 or over is associated with a lower incidence of preterm birth [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 0.59, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.44-0.79] and low birthweight (AOR 0.75, 95% CI 0.58-0.98) compared with younger women. Differences in zygosity and chorionicity between both cohorts do not seem to affect the result.
CONCLUSIONS:
In comparison with primiparae aged 25-29 years, perinatal outcome of twin pregnancies is more favourable in primiparae aged 35 or over.
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http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/18550511http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/40654
Citation
Hum Reprod. 2008 Sep;23(9):2145-50. doi: 10.1093/humrep/den134. Epub 2008 Jun 10Publisher
College of health sciences,University of Nairobi
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