title: Short-term biological impact on teenage mothers and their babies.
abstract: This prospective study covered a one year period between between June 1994 and August 1995 and included 104 cases of teenage mothers and 98 control adult mothers. The purpose was to assess the short-term biological impact on teenage mothers and their babies in Thailand by comparing teenage mothers-age < or = 18 years old and adult mothers-age 20-35 years old. The mean age of the teenage mothers and adult mothers was 16.75 +/- 0.97 and 26.67 +/- 2.88. The result demonstrated that there was no significant difference in the short-term biological effect on mothers and their babies.
authors.affiliation: Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Piyasil
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D008393:Marriage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008423:Maternal Age; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology