Riesgo de muerte fetal por grupos etarios en una Clínica Universitaria en Cartagena, Colombia

• Main Author: Rivas-Pérdomo Edgar
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Cartagena 2013-12-01
• Series: Revista Ciencias Biomédicas
• Subjects: Fetal Death; Pregnancy; Adolescent; Maternal Age.
• Online Access: http://revistacienciasbiomedicas.com/index.php/revciencbiomed/article/view/292/235

Introduction: Fetal death is an important problem of public health. It is necessary to establish the magnitude with which it is associated to different factors, to develop prevention plans. Objective: To estimate the association between fetal death and maternal age groups. Methods: Case-control study. All mothers who had childbirth in a high-complexity level institution of healthcare in Cartagena, Colombia during 2012 were considered. Three groups were defined according to the maternal age. Group #1 or adolescent women (Less than or equal to 19 years of age), Group #2 or women with advanced maternal age (Greater than or equal to 35 years of age) and Group #3 or women with intermediate maternal age (20-34 years of age). Continuous variables were described by measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion; confidence intervals of 95% were determined for the ages of the patients and categorical variables were defined by proportions. OR values and the confidence intervals of 95% were calculated. Results: 3939 women had childbirth. 7.9% of them were adolescent women and 12.9% were pregnant women with advanced age. 27 cases of fetal death occurred, for a tax of 6.9 x 1000 live births. For the group of women with advanced maternal age an OR: 1.54 [CI95% 0.21-5.24] was obtained and for the group of adolescent women an OR: 1.26 [CI95% 0.30-3.68] was found. Conclusions: extreme ages of the reproductive life do not associate significantly to elevation in the risk of fetal death. Rev.cienc.biomed. 2013;4(2):297-301