Association between number of children and incident heart disease and stroke in parents - results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).

ABSTRACT:

Background

In former studies, parity was associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes in parents. This study aims to extend the limited existing data regarding the association between the number of children and heart disease and/or stroke in a large longitudinal study in different European countries in both men and women.

Methods

For 42 075 subjects (18 080 men, 23 995 women; median age 58 years (interquartile range: 53 to 65)) from 19 European countries and Israel in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), odds ratios (OR) for the association between number of children and incident self-reported heart disease and/or stroke (HDS) were estimated using logistic regression analyses. Persons with one or two children were used as reference. The final mod

SUBMITTER: Girschik C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10668373 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature