Relationship between infant death and maternal age

Babson, S. Gorham; Clarke, Nancy G.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(83)80409-0

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“…In agreement with previous stud ies, a younger maternal age [5,6], increased number of teenage mothers, [7,8], close spacing of pregnancies [9] and a history of smoking during pregnancy [6] were found more frequently in the SIDS cases. One nota ble finding, not previously reported, was the increased prevalence of premature labour as sociated with the administration of B-sympathomimetic drugs and dexamethasone.…”

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Pre- and Perinatal Clinical Characteristics of Infants Who Suffer Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

1987

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In a population-based study, clinical and physiological data were collected in the neonatal period on 7,496 full-term (≥ 37 weeks) infants of birthweights > 2.50 kg born in 3 hospitals. The sample excluded a small number of infants who were born with severe illnesses from which there was no period of recovery before death in the neonatal period. Twenty-seven of the infants had died by the time all of the population had passed their third birthday. Twenty-one of these cases died suddenly and unexpectedly, and in 13 there was no adequate explanation for death (sudden infant death syndrome – SIDS). Pre- and early postnatal clinical data on the infants who had died were compared to a randomly selected sample of 478 survivors. This analysis showed that the infants who suffered SIDS showed similar clinical characteristics to those previously reported. Unlike the SIDS group, however, the prenatal histories of the non-SIDS deaths were similar to controls, showing no evidence of a sub-optimal intra-uterine environment.

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Pre- and Perinatal Clinical Characteristics of Infants Who Suffer Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

1987

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“…Despite potential PCSE effects, children of adolescent mothers are at greater risk than children of older mothers of infant morbidity and mortality, cognitive impairment, social and behavioral deficits, child abuse and neglect, and early and pervasive school failure [44–48]. Differences between children of adolescent and adult mothers decrease, but remain significant after indices of maternal socioeconomic status are included in the analyses [49].…”

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confidence: 99%

Long-term Effects of Prenatal Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Behavior Dysregulation Among 14-Year-Old Offspring of Teenage Mothers

Cornelius

Goldschmidt

Genna

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Matern Child Health J

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In this prospective study, we examined the long-term effects of prenatal cigarette smoke exposure (PCSE) on behavioral dysregulation (BD) in the offspring of adolescent mothers. The adolescent mothers (mean age = 16; range = 12–18; 70% African American) were interviewed about their tobacco use during pregnancy. Offspring were followed to age 14 years (n = 318). Indices of BD outcomes included aggression, rule breaking, externalizing, social problems, attention, distractibility and activity. Multiple measures and multiple informants were used for each construct. Regression analyses were conducted to test if PCSE predicted the BD outcomes, adjusting for demographic and maternal psychological characteristics, and for prenatal exposure to other substances. Independent effects of PCSE were found. Exposed offspring had more aggressive, social, and externalizing problems on both the maternal report and the adolescent self-report measures. They were more active, had more attention problems and greater difficulty with distraction and task orientation. Most PCSE effects were found from first trimester exposure and from exposure to as few as 10 cigarettes per day. These results are consistent with previous findings in this cohort when offspring were 6 and 10 years old, demonstrating that the effects of prenatal cigarette smoke exposure can be identified early and persist into adolescence.

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“…Ferguson and M.T. Lynsk-ey (1) to estimate the assoaa tions between maternal age and childhood cogitive and behavioural outcomes during the period from 8-13 years; (2) to adjust the apparent correlations between maternal age and childhood outcomes for the potentially confounding effects of maternal social background at the birth of the child. to examine the extent to whch intervening childhood hstory variables relating to family economic circumstances, motherkhild interaction patterns and family stability mediate the association between maternal age and childhood outcome after the common effects of maternal social background at the birth of the child are taken into account.…”

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Maternal age and cognitive and behavioural outcomes in middle childhood

Fergusson

Lynskey

1993

Paediatric Perinatal Epid

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The relationships between maternal age and childhood cognitive and behavioural outcomes were analysed in a birth cohort of New Zealand children studied until the age of 13 years. Increasing maternal age was associated with increasing scores on tests of cognitive ability and achievement and with decreasing reports of conduct problems. The correlations between maternal age and childhood cognitive/behavioural outcomes ranged from 0.11 to 0.21 with a median value of 0.18. These associations were adjusted statistically for the effects of maternal social background at the time of birth and for childhood history subsequent to birth. This analysis suggested that the poorer outcomes for children born to younger mothers reflected the cumulative effects of two sets of factors which placed these children at a disadvantage. Firstly, the offspring of younger mothers tended to be born into relatively poorly educated, socially disadvantaged families and secondly, these children were exposed to less nurturant and more changeable home environments. The net effects of differences in social background at birth and childrearing environments subsequent to birth were sufficient to explain most of the apparent correlation between maternal age and childhood cognitive/behavioural outcomes.

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Relationship between infant death and maternal age

Cited by 38 publications

References 9 publications

Pre- and Perinatal Clinical Characteristics of Infants Who Suffer Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Pre- and Perinatal Clinical Characteristics of Infants Who Suffer Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Long-term Effects of Prenatal Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Behavior Dysregulation Among 14-Year-Old Offspring of Teenage Mothers

Maternal age and cognitive and behavioural outcomes in middle childhood

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