Attention, those who want a baby: The healthiest age range has been determined

Scientists from Hungary’s Semmelweis University determined the safest age range for birth in their research.

In their research, scientists from Hungary’s Semmelweis University revealed the safest age range for women to have children. Scientists examined the data of 31 thousand 128 women who gave birth between 1980 and 2009 in the context of the relationship between maternal age and non-genetic birth anomalies in babies.

Researchers trying to determine the 10-year age range in which birth anomalies are least common found that the 23-32 age range is the ideal age range for pregnancy.

AS AGE INCREASES, BABY HEALTH IS AFFECTED

The study also found that as the mother’s age increases, the likelihood of babies suffering from conditions such as Down syndrome, heart disease, and cleft lip and palate increases.

While the risk of cleft lip and palate was found to be 9 percent in babies of mothers who gave birth at a young age, this risk was stated to be 45 percent in pregnancies over the age of 32.

It was determined that the risk of congenital digestive system disorders was 23 percent higher in the babies of mothers who gave birth at a young age, compared to the 23-32 age range, and this rate was 15 percent higher in the babies of women who gave birth over the age of 32.

While previous studies have confirmed the relationship between genetic disorders and maternal age, there is a lack of studies on the relationship between non-chromosomal anomalies and maternal age.

The results of the research were published in the scientific journal “BJOG”.