Maternal Age

"Maternal Age" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The age of the mother in PREGNANCY.

Descriptor ID	D008423
MeSH Number(s)	G08.686.560 N05.715.350.075.550 N06.850.490.250.550
Concept/Terms	Maternal Age Maternal Age Age, Maternal Ages, Maternal Maternal Ages

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Biological Sciences [G]
Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena [G08]
Reproductive Physiological Phenomena [G08.686]
Maternal Age [G08.686.560]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Epidemiologic Factors [N05.715.350]
Age Factors [N05.715.350.075]
Maternal Age [N05.715.350.075.550]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Factors [N06.850.490]
Age Factors [N06.850.490.250]
Maternal Age [N06.850.490.250.550]

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Bar chart showing 29 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2005 and 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	0	2	2
2005	0	4	4
2006	0	1	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	0	1	1
2009	1	1	2
2010	1	0	1
2013	0	4	4
2014	0	1	1
2015	0	1	1
2016	0	1	1
2018	0	1	1
2019	0	1	1
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	1	1
2024	0	3	3
2026	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Maternal Age" by people in Profiles.

Moon RY, Colson ER, Hauck FR, Kellams AL, Parker MG, Kerr SM, Geller NL, Boguszewski KE, Bellamy SL, Kiviniemi MT, Corwin MJ. Safe Sleep Video Intervention via Text Messaging to Low-Income Families: The SMARTER Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2026 Sep 01; 336(9):774-782.

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Luke B, Fisher SC, Forestieri NE, Yazdy MM, Betancourt D, Sacha CR, Murugappan G, Cameron K, Baker VL, Purkayastha M, Williams C, Sutcliffe AG, Richard MA, Lupo PJ. Maternal, reproductive and perinatal factors and the risks of birth defects: traditional and emerging factors. Reprod Biomed Online. 2025 06; 50(6):104781.

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Call C, Oran A, O'Shea TM, Jensen ET, Frazier JA, Vaidya R, Shenberger J, Gogcu S, Msall ME, Kim S, Jalnapurkar I, Fry RC, Singh R. Health-related quality of life at age 10 years in children born extremely preterm. J Perinatol. 2024 06; 44(6):835-843.

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Pham HN, Goldberg RJ, Pham LQ, Nguyen HL, Pham DA, Mai LTT, Phung TL, Hung DQ, Dong HV, Duong HD. Maternal and Perinatal Factors Associated With Childhood Brain Tumors: A Case-Control Study in Vietnam. Cancer Control. 2024 Jan-Dec; 31:10732748241258602.

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Diop H, Cui X, Nielsen T, Peacock-Chambers E, Gupta M. Length of Stay Among Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Risk of Hospital Readmission. Matern Child Health J. 2022 Oct; 26(10):2020-2029.

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Simpson AN, Cusimano MC, Baxter NN. The inconvenience of motherhood during a medical career. CMAJ. 2021 09 20; 193(37):E1465-E1466.

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Shadyab AH, Manson JE, Li W, Gass M, Brunner RL, Naughton MJ, Cannell B, Howard BV, LaCroix AZ. Associations of parental ages at childbirth with healthy aging among women. Maturitas. 2019 Nov; 129:6-11.

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Hillman LS, Day LS, Hoffman HJ, Stockbauer JW. Poorer outcomes of all low birth weight groups at age 10: Missouri statewide case-control study. Early Hum Dev. 2019 09; 136:60-69.

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Samii L, Kallas-Koeman M, Donovan LE, Lodha A, Crawford S, Butalia S. The association between vascular complications during pregnancy in women with Type 1 diabetes and congenital malformations. Diabet Med. 2019 02; 36(2):237-242.

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Davids JS, Scully RE, Melnitchouk N. Impact of Procedural Training on Pregnancy Outcomes and Career Satisfaction in Female Postgraduate Medical Trainees in the United States. J Am Coll Surg. 2017 Sep; 225(3):411-418e2.

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