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Pregnancy and delivery in a group of Israeli teenagers. A case-controlled study
G Barda1, S Arbel-Alon, D Bernstein
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Objective:
To assess characteristics of an Israeli group of nulliparous teenagers and to compare selected variables of their course and outcome of pregnancy with controls.
Methods:
Hospital records of 46 consecutive nulliparous teenagers younger than 17.5 years who delivered during a ten-year period and 84 matched adult controls were reviewed.
Results:
The majority of the teenagers were older than 15 years, married and most were born in Israel or in the former Soviet Union with no obvious socio-economical deprivation. The rate of prenatal follow-up, hypertensive disorders, type of analgesia during labor and mode of delivery were similar in teenagers and controls. A statistically non-significant higher rate of anemia (hemoglobin, 10 gr%), preterm delivery and low birth weight were observed in teenagers. Only the rate of induction of labor and the rate of a hemoglobin level higher than 12 gr% were significantly lower in teenagers.
Conclusions:
The course and outcome of pregnancy were in most respects similar in this group of nulliparous teenagers and matched adult controls.
