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Anna Tegunimataka . Photo

Anna Tegunimataka

Senior lecturer

Anna Tegunimataka . Photo

Maternal age and the risk of low birthweight and pre-term delivery: a pan-Nordic comparison

Author

  • Siddartha Aradhya
  • Anna Tegunimataka
  • Øystein Kravdal
  • Pekka Martikainen
  • Mikko Myrskylä
  • Kieron Barclay
  • Alice Goisis

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