Prepregnancy plant-based diets and risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plant-based diets have been associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease in nonpregnant adults, but specific evidence for their effects on risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy is scarce.

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the prospective association between adherence to plant-based diets before pregnancy and the risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. We hypothesized that women with higher adherence to plant-based diets would have a lower risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

Study design

We followed 11,459 parous women (16,780 singleton pregnancies) without chronic diseases, a history of preeclampsia, and cancers who participated in the Nurses' Health Study II (1991-2009), which was a prospective cohort study. Diet was as

SUBMITTER: Mitsunami M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10875146 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature