Background Stillbirth rates in high-income countries have shown little or no improvement
over the past two decades. Prevention strategies that target risk factors could be important in …

Background: The increasing pregnancy rate at advanced maternal age is contemporaneous
with the increasing rate of cesarean birth. Several studies have found that advanced …

Background Pregnancy at advanced maternal age has become more common in both
developed and developing countries over the last decades. The association between …

Objective To assess the association between advanced maternal age (AMA) and adverse
pregnancy outcomes. Design Secondary analysis of the facility‐based, cross‐sectional data …

Background Recent decades have witnessed an increase in mean maternal age at
childbirth in most high-resourced countries. Advanced maternal age has been associated …

Objective To examine the association between maternal age and a wide range of adverse
pregnancy outcomes after adjustment for confounding factors in obstetric history and …

Background While several studies have demonstrated the increased risk of pregnancy
complications for women of advanced age, few studies have focused on women with very …

Advanced maternal age at birth is considered a major risk factor for birth outcomes. It is
unclear to what extent this association is confounded by maternal characteristics. To test …

OBJECTIVE: to examine the evidence in relation to advanced maternal age (35–39 years),
physiological risk and adverse perinatal outcome (stillbirth, low birth weight, preterm birth) in …

Objective To investigate whether advanced maternal age is associated with preterm birth,
irrespective of parity. Design Population‐based registry study. Setting Swedish Medical Birth …