Maternal Age and Risk of Labor and Delivery Complications
Cavazos-Rehg P, Krauss M, Spitznagel E, Bommarito K, Madden T, Olsen M, Subramaniam H, Peipert J, Bierut L. Maternal Age and Risk of Labor and Delivery Complications. Maternal And Child Health Journal 2014, 19: 1202-1211. PMID: 25366100, PMCID: PMC4418963, DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1624-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplications of laborPoor fetal growthPregnant womenMaternal morbidityPreterm deliverySevere preeclampsiaFetal distressMild preeclampsiaFetal growthMaternal ageOlder womenGreater oddsUnited States Nationwide Inpatient SampleExtremes of ageNationwide Inpatient SampleYear old womanSeparate logistic regression modelsYears of ageRisk of laborLogistic regression modelsDelivery complicationsClinical confoundersPostpartum hemorrhageInpatient SampleSuch complications