Patterns of Antihypertensive Medication Use in the First 2 Years Post Partum.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Women who had a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP) have a well-documented risk of chronic hypertension within a few years of delivery, but management of postpartum hypertension among these women remains inconsistent.

Objective

To assess the incidence of initiation of antihypertensive medication use in the first 2 years after delivery by HDP status and antenatal antihypertensive medication use.

Design, setting, and participants

This Danish register-based cohort study used data from women with at least 1 pregnancy lasting 20 or more gestational weeks (only the first pregnancy in the period was considered) who delivered from January 1, 1995, to December 31, 2018. Statistical analysis was conducted from October 2022 to September 2023.

Exposure

Hype

SUBMITTER: Lihme F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11307130 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature