Pregnancy and its outcome among teenage mothers in Ilorin, Nigeria.
Four hundred and ninety six adolescent and five hundred adult mothers (the latter acting as control), were studied with respect to maternal and fetal outcome. Anaemia of pregnancy was commoner (60%) among the adolescents than the adults (14.8%). Toxaemia of pregnancy was also more common (5%) among the adolescents than the adults (2.4%). However hypertension was more common among the adults (13%) than the adolescents (2.6%). Babies born to adolescent mothers had lower birth weight than those born of adult mothers. There were no significant differences between blood loss or Apgar Scores among the two groups. The need for further studies on this subject is high-lighted.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*