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Nonsmoking women aged 15-19 years experiencing a first pregnancy have no higher risk of adverse obstetric outcome than do those aged 20-29, according to a new study from Scotland.
In a population-based retrospective cohort study that included 110,233 deliveries occurring between weeks 24 and 43 of gestation, no differences in risk for low birth weight, prematurity, stillbirth, neonatal death, or emergency cesarean section were seen between nonsmoking mothers aged 15-19 years and those aged 20-29, reported Dr. Gordon C.S. Smith of Queen Mother's Hospital, Glasgow, and Jill P. Pell of the Greater Glasgow Health Board.
These findings differ from those seen in previous studies, one in the United States and another in Sweden, in which teenage birth was associated with increased risk of intrauterine ...