Long-term cardiovascular mortality in women with twin pregnancies by lifetime reproductive history.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women with one lifetime singleton pregnancy have increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality compared with women who continue reproduction particularly if the pregnancy had complications. Women with twins have higher risk of pregnancy complications, but CVD mortality risk in women with twin pregnancies has not been fully described.

Objectives

We estimated risk of long-term CVD mortality in women with naturally conceived twins compared to women with singleton pregnancies, accounting for lifetime number of pregnancies and pregnancy complications.

Methods

Using linked data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway and the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry, we identified 974,892 women with first pregnancy registered between 1967 and 2013, followed

SUBMITTER: Basnet P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087704 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature