Anna Tegunimataka
Universitetslektor
Maternal age and the risk of low birthweight and pre-term delivery: a pan-Nordic comparison
Författare
Summary, in English
Advanced maternal age at birth is considered a risk factor for adverse birth outcomes. A recent study applying a sibling design has shown, however, that the association might be confounded by unobserved maternal characteristics. Methods: Using total population register data on all live singleton births during the period 1999-2012 in Denmark (N = 580-133; 90% population coverage), Norway (N = 540-890) and Sweden (N = 941-403) and from 2001-2014 in Finland (N = 568-026), we test whether advanced maternal age at birth independently increases the risk of low birthweight (LBW) (
Avdelning/ar
- Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen
- LU profilområde: Mänskliga rättigheter
- Centrum för ekonomisk demografi
Publiceringsår
2023
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
156-164
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
International Journal of Epidemiology
Volym
52
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Oxford University Press
Ämne
- Economic History
Nyckelord
- Maternal age at birth
- birth outcomes
- sibling design
- Nordic countries
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1464-3685