Cesarean section rate is a matter of maternal age or parity?
Anna Maria MarconiStefano ManodoroSonia CiprianiFabio ParazziniPublished in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2020)
The results of our study show that multiparous women aged ≥40, either in spontaneous or induced labor have an independent twofold increased risk of delivering by cesarean section when compared to women of 25-29 years. On the contrary, in nulliparous women, the risk slightly, but significantly, increases with age and again becomes twofold in women ≥40 years.