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Abstract
Maternal age and stature are among several factors used to screen pregnant women for potential risk of labour complications. In a population-based case-control study in Harare, Zimbabwe, multivariate analysis was carried out to evaluate the importance of maternal age and height as risk factors for cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD). Using data abstracted from the medical records of 203 women with operative deliveries due to CPD and 299 women with normal unassisted vaginal deliveries, multiple logistic regression models were developed. Although maternal age < 18 years was not a significant risk factor in this study (perhaps because there were few women in this age group), advanced maternal age (> or = 35 years) was associated with a relative risk of 2.7 compared to women 20-34, after adjusting for other demographic and obstetric factors. Maternal height < 160 cm was associated with a twofold increased risk of CPD as compared to taller women.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Factors; Bias; Biology; Body Height--women; Case Control Studies; Cesarean Section; Control Groups; Data Analysis; Data Quality; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Eastern Africa; English Speaking Africa; Error Sources; Matched Groups; Maternal Age; Maternal Age, 35 And Over; Measurement; Methodological Studies; Obstetrical Surgery; Parental Age; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnancy Outcomes; Reproduction; Research Methodology; Risk Factors; Studies; Surgery; Treatment; Urban Population--women; Zimbabwe
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Year: 1992 PMID： 1468857 DOI： 10.1093/ije/21.5.941
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Epidemiol ISSN： 0300-5771 Impact factor: 7.196