Journal article
Maternal age and offspring developmental vulnerability at age five: A population-based cohort study of Australian children
K Falster, M Hanly, E Banks, J Lynch, G Chambers, M Brownell, S Eades, L Jorm
Plos Medicine | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2018
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Abstract
Background: In recent decades, there has been a shift to later childbearing in high-income countries. There is limited large-scale evidence of the relationship between maternal age and child outcomes beyond the perinatal period. The objective of this study is to quantify a child’s risk of developmental vulnerability at age five, according to their mother’s age at childbirth. Methods and findings: Linkage of population-level perinatal, hospital, and birth registration datasets to data from the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) and school enrolments in Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), enabled us to follow a cohort of 99,530 children from birth to their first yea..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant (#1061713). KF was supported by an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (#1016475) and an NHMRC Capacity Building Grant (#573122). EB was supported by an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (#1042717). SE was supported by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (#1013418). MB was supported by the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy Population-Based Child Health Research Award. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.