Maternal age‐specific risks for trisomies at 9—14 weeks' gestation
- 1 July 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Prenatal Diagnosis
- Vol. 14 (7), 543-552
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pd.1970140706
Abstract
This study provides data on the incidence of fetal trisomies 21, 18, and 13 at 9–14 weeks' gestation in women aged 35–45 years and estimates of maternal age‐specific risks in women aged 20–45 years. Our data from 5814 singleton pregnancies undergoing first‐trimester karyotyping for the sole indication of maternal age ⩾ 35 years were combined with those from two previous reports and the incidence of the trisomies was calculated from a total of 15 793 pregnancies. Comparison of incidences at 9–14 weeks' gestation with published data at 15–20 weeks' gestation and in livebirths demonstrated that at birth the maternal age‐specific incidence of trisomy 21 is 33 per cent lower than at 15–20 weeks' gestation and 54 per cent lower than at 9–14 weeks' gestation. Furthermore, the relative frequency of trisomies 18 and 13 decreases from 30 per cent at 9–14 weeks to 22 per cent at 15–20 weeks and 14 per cent at birth.Keywords
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