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Abstract
Maternal age and prenatal care were found to influence the risk for having a small-for-gestational age infant in white adolescent mothers who had both one and two previous live births. However, poor care exerted a relatively stronger affect than young age for primiparous mothers, while the reverse was found for multiparous mothers. Moreover, for women with first births, there was an interaction between variables in that early prenatal care promoted better pregnancy outcome for younger teenagers than for older teens or adults. These results indicate that the perinatal risks of adolescent pregnancy are affected by both physiologic factors and prenatal care.Entities:
Keywords: Adolescent Pregnancy; Adolescents; Adolescents, Female; Age Factors; Anthropometry; Biology; Birth Weight; Body Weight; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Ethnic Groups; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Health; Health Services; Maternal Age; Maternal Health Services; Maternal-child Health Services; Measurement; Multiparity; Parental Age; Parity; Physiology; Population; Population At Risk; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcomes; Pregnancy, First Trimester; Pregnancy, Second Trimester; Pregnancy, Third Trimester; Prenatal Care; Primary Health Care; Primiparity; Reproduction; Reproductive Behavior; Research Methodology; Whites; Youth
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Year: 1984 PMID： 6540522 DOI： 10.1016/0002-9378(84)90602-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Obstet Gynecol ISSN： 0002-9378 Impact factor: 8.661