Maternal Age

Older parental age at delivery increased the risk for certain childhood allergic diseases in offspring, according to study results.

DENVER — IVF and older maternal age were both independently associated with increased risk for severe maternal morbidity, and the risk weakened for women who utilized IVF at older ages, researchers reported.

Population-level severe maternal morbidity rate increases in the U.S. in the past decade were attributable to age-specific rate increases and might indicate worsening prepregnancy health status, researchers reported.

BALTIMORE — Maternal age in women with preeclampsia or gestational hypertension with severe features was associated with higher postpartum readmission risk, while intensive hypertension treatment at initial admission may limit risk.

The mean maternal age at first birth has been increasing in the United States in recent years, from 24.9 years in 2000 to 27 years in 2019, according to two CDC reports.

SAN DIEGO — Non-Hispanic Black women with advanced maternal age had the lowest odds of developing gestational diabetes, yet neonates of Black women with gestational diabetes at any age had the highest odds of being admitted to the NICU.

Older maternal age was associated with increased risks for severe maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly in those 45 years or older, according to a study pushed in JAMA Network Open.

A maternal age of 32 years or older is significantly associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, including the formation of coronary artery lesions, and in cases of a maternal age of 35 years of older, IV immunoglobulin resistance, among offspring with Kawasaki disease, according to data published in Pediatric Rheumatology.

A variety of patient factors — including race, age and cause of ESKD — affected the likelihood of pregnancy for kidney transplant recipients, with researchers finding that Hispanic women had greater rates of pregnancy than white women.