Pregnancy Outcome of Multiparous Women Aged over 40 Years

Table 5

Comparison of maternal and neonatal complications between women aged >40 years and those aged 20–29 years.

	Study group; (𝑛: 97)	Control group; (𝑛: 97)	OR; (95% CI)	𝑃 value
Hypertension	12 (12.3)	2 (2.06)	6.7 (1.45–30.8)	0.014
Diabetes mellitus	8 (8.2)	0 (0)	18.5 (1.05–325)	0.046
Preterm delivery	15 (15.4)	10 (10.3)	1.59 (0.67–3.7)	0.28
Cesarean delivery	64 (65.9)	54 (55.6)	1.54 (0.86–2.7)	0.14
SGA	7 (7.2)	11 (11.3)	0.60 (0.22–1.64)	0.32
LGA	13 (13.4)	9 (9.27)	1.51 (0.61–3.7)	0.36
5 minute Apgar score <7	8 (8.2)	1 (0.8)	8.62 (1.05–70.3)	0.044
Intrauterinefetal death	5 (5.1)	0 (0)	11.5 (0.63–212.6)	0.09

∗Data are presented 𝑛 (%), OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval.