IJE Advance Access originally published online on January 8, 2007
International Journal of Epidemiology 2007 36(2):368-373; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl284
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Teenage pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes: a large population based retrospective cohort study
1OMNI Research Group, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2OMNI Research Group, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
3Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
4Division of Epidemiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Public Health, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
* Corresponding author. OMNI Research Group, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Rd, Box 241, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L6. E-mail: swwen{at}ohri.ca
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Background Whether the association between teenage pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes could be explained by deleterious social environment, inadequate prenatal care, or biological immaturity remains controversial. The objective of this study was to determine whether teenage pregnancy is associated with increased adverse birth outcomes independent of known confounding factors.
Methods We carried out a retrospective cohort study of 3 886 364 nulliparous pregnant women <25 years of age with a live singleton birth during 1995 and 2000 in the United States.
Results All teenage groups were associated with increased risks for pre-term delivery, low birth weight and neonatal mortality. Infants born to teenage mothers aged 17 or younger had a higher risk for low Apgar score at 5 min. Further adjustment for weight gain during pregnancy did not change the observed association. Restricting the analysis to white married mothers with age-appropriate education level, adequate prenatal care, without smoking and alcohol use during pregnancy yielded similar results.
Conclusions Teenage pregnancy increases the risk of adverse birth outcomes that is independent of important known confounders. This finding challenges the accepted opinion that adverse birth outcome associated with teenage pregnancy is attributable to low socioeconomic status, inadequate prenatal care and inadequate weight gain during pregnancy.
Keywords Teenage pregnancy, low birth weight, pre-term delivery, Apgar score, neonatal mortality
Accepted 20 November 2006
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