Anna Tegunimataka
Senior lecturer
Maternal age and the risk of low birthweight and pre-term delivery: a pan-Nordic comparison
Author
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) (
Department/s
- Department of Economic History
- LU Profile Area: Human rights
- Centre for Economic Demography
Publishing year
2023
Language
English
Pages
156-164
Publication/Series
International Journal of Epidemiology
Volume
52
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Topic
- Economic History
Keywords
- Maternal age at birth
- birth outcomes
- sibling design
- Nordic countries
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1464-3685