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PREVALENCE AND OUTCOME OF PREGNANCY AMONG ELDERLY PRIMIGRAVIDA IN AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL, KANO: A 5 YEAR REVIEW 1 2 1 1 1 IBRAHIM SA, JABBO MA, ATTAH AR, GARBA ID, MUHAMMAD Z. INTRODUCTION In obstetric practice, maternal age is an important determinant of the outcome of pregnancy and both extremes of age are known to be associated with adverse maternal and foetal outcomes. The elderly primigravida is defined as a woman who goes into pregnancy for the first time at the age of 35 years or 1,2 more .The definition of what constitutes advanced maternal age in obstetric literature is variable. Most authors have agreed on a lower Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bayero University/Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano. Usumanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto DR S A IBRAHIM, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano. eMail:Correspondence to: [email protected] ORIGINAL ARTICLE Borno Medical Journal Vol. 13 Issue 1 Page 9 January June 2016 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License