Risk of Recurrent Miscarriage in India and the Effect of Paternal Age and Maternal Age

Abstract

Background: A risk of miscarriage increases with increase in parental age. However many studies investigate only the effect of maternal age. This study focused on both the maternal age and paternal age effect on miscarriage. Method: Couples with the pregnancy loss issue were studied with the age range 19 to 50 years. Maternal age and paternal age were analyzed together. The couples composed of a women and man both aged 20-29 years were used as reference group. Results: Universally the risk of miscarriage was found to be higher if the women age was 35 years or more and man with age was 40 years or more. But due to small sample size this has not been proved in this study. Conclusions: The risk of pregnancy loss increases if male and female partners are having advanced age.