Does advanced maternal age comprise an independent risk factor for caesarean section? A population-wide study.

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F71226401%3A_____%2F23%3AN0100748" target="_blank" >RIV/71226401:_____/23:N0100748 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010668" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph20010668</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Does advanced maternal age comprise an independent risk factor for caesarean section? A population-wide study.

Original language description

Objective: To investigate the association between a mother’s age and the risk of caesarean section (CS) when controlling for health factors and selected sociodemographic characteristics. Methods: Binary logistic regression models for all women who gave birth in Czechia in 2018 (N = 111,749 mothers who gave birth to 113,234 children). Results: An increase in the age of a mother significantly increases the odds of a CS birth according to all of the models; depending on the model, OR: 1.62(95% CI 1.54–1.71) to 1.84 (95% CI 1.70–1.99) for age group 35–39 and OR:2.83 (95% CI 2.60–3.08) to 3.71 (95% CI 3.23–4.27) for age group 40+ compared to age group 25–29. This strong association between the age of a mother and the risk of CS is further reinforced for primiparas (probability of a CS: 11% for age category ≤ 19, 23% for age category 35–39, and 38% for age category 40+). However, the increasing educational attainment of young women appears to have weakened the influence of increasing maternal age on the overall share of CS births; depending on the model, OR: 0.86 (95% CI 0.80–0.91) to 0.87 (95% CI 0.83–0.91) for tertiary-educated compared to secondary-educated women. Conclusions: The age of a mother comprises an independent risk factor for a CS birth when the influence of health, socioeconomic, and demographic characteristics is considered.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30214 - Obstetrics and gynaecology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

ISSN

1660-4601

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

20

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

668

UT code for WoS article

000909939200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85145654855