Maternal age
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- Therefore, it was of interest to determine if increasing maternal age is an independent risk factor for hypospadias.
- "Advanced" maternal age is defined as any expectant mother who will have made her 35th birthday by the time she delivers.
- Chorionic villus sampling and transverse limb deficiencies: maternal age is not a confounder.
- Deterioration in the quality of the ova with advancing maternal age is thought to be responsible for both the decline in fertility and the increasing risk of chromosomal abnormalities; recent experience with in vitro fertilization using donor eggs from younger women supports this hypothesis.
- Advanced maternal age is not only associated with newborn somatometrics but also with the mode of delivery.
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