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The relationship between mother's age and newborn birth weight: a retrospective study

Background The objective of this study is to assess the impact of maternal age on neonatal birth weight.

Methods A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the neonatal birth weight of singleton term infants born to nulliparous, non-diabetic, urban women who delivered at Shahid Sadoughi hospital in Yazd, Iran, between 2020 and 2021. Maternal age groups were defined as adolescents (≤19 years old) and adults (20-40 years old) using data from archived files.

Results A total of 963 cases were included in this study, with 217 adolescents and 746 adults. The incidence of low birth weight (LBW) ( 4000 gr) was observed in 7.1% (68 cases) of the neonates. There was a significantly higher rate of neonatal LBW among adolescent mothers.

Conclusions Our study demonstrates that maternal age has an impact on neonatal birth weight. The incidence of LBW is increased among adolescent mothers.