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The effects of high parity and socioeconomic status on obstetric and neonatal outcome

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics volume 249, pages 119–127 (1991)Cite this article

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We studied the interaction of social status and high partiy in 15,102 consecutive births in one inner-city hospital, of which 1874 (12.4%) occurred in mothers who had given birth to seven or more infants (Grand multiparae). Group 1 consisted of 1258 grand multiparae from a socioeconomically stable and homogeneous ultra-orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem, and group 2, included all other grand multiparae of relatively greater age and lower socioeconomic status. A significantly higher rate of small for gestational age, low birth weight and preterm infants was found in group 2 compared with group 1. The results suggest that grand multiparity is not of itself a risk factor, but reflects the confounding effect of environmental conditions.

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  1. Department of Neonatology, Bikur Cholim Hospital, 5 Strauss Street, 91004, Jerusalem, Israel

    D. S. Seidman, S. Dollberg &  R. Gale

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

    D. K. Stevenson

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Seidman, D.S., Dollberg, S., Stevenson, D.K. et al. The effects of high parity and socioeconomic status on obstetric and neonatal outcome. Arch Gynecol Obstet 249, 119–127 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02391578

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Key words

  • Parity
  • Neonatal outcome
  • Socioeconomic status