Effect of Very Advanced Maternal Age on Pregnant Women and Fetuses

OBJECTIVE To compare the difference in effect on pregnant women and fetuses between very advanced maternal age (age of or over 45 years) other ages below years). STUDY DESIGN A descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF Changyi People's Hospital, China, from June 2017 September 2020. METHODOLOGY Four-hundred singleton pregnancies were selected. One hundred three at years (Group A) 297 B) grouped by age. Serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high density lipoprotein (HDL-C) low (LDL-C), incidence pregnancy complications fetal outcomes compared. RESULT Group had higher TC HDL-C than B 12-week, 32-week 3 days after delivery (all p <0.001); TG (p=0.003, <0.001 <0.001), respectively. gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), complicated with leiomyoma, hypertension, placenta previa, placental abruption, anemia postpartum hemorrhage <0.001). distress preterm birth (both The weight Apgar score 5-min infants compared two groups was significant p<0.001). CONCLUSION adverse perinatal may be increased aged years. Key Words: Very age, Pregnant women, Pregnancy, Fetus, Complications.