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Background: In recent years a trend towards childbearing at older
maternal age is evident. Most of the current literature investigated the
association between advanced maternal age and neonatal outcome at term. We aimed
to study the outcomes of the mother and the neonate among preterm births of women
of advanced maternal age. Methods: This retrospective study between 2009
to 2017, comprised 494 singleton preterm births between 24 and 34 weeks
gestation, of which 116 (23%) were of 35 years old or older (advanced maternal
age) and 378 (77%) were of younger women. The medical records were reviewed and
the outcomes of the mother and the neonate were compared between advanced
maternal age (