The effect of age of primipara on the birth weight, head and arm circumference and Apgar score of their newborns

In a descriptive, analytic study with randomly selected sample collection the relation between birth weights, head and arm circumference as well as apgar score of the newborn with the age of mother was studied. The comparison of these data of the newborns of 130 primipara aged less than 18 years with that of 138 over age 35 years showed that –The mean value of the weight of the young mothers (3177.88 g) was 15g less that of older ones (3187.58 g). –Head and arm circumference of the newborns of older mothers were higher than that of younger ones. –Mean value of Apgar score after 1 minute of the neonates of younger mothers (8.6) was lower than that of older ones (8.7). –Mean value of Apgar score after 5 minute of the neonates of younger mothers (9.9) was higher than that of older ones (9.84).