Diagnostic properties of differing BP thresholds for adverse pregnancy outcomes in standard-risk nulliparous women: A secondary analysis of SCOPE cohort data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2017, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) lowered blood pressure (BP) thresholds to define hypertension in adults outside pregnancy. If used in pregnancy, these lower thresholds may identify women at increased risk of adverse outcomes, which would be particularly useful to risk-stratify nulliparous women. In this secondary analysis of the SCOPE cohort, we asked whether, among standard-risk nulliparous women, the ACC/AHA BP categories could identify women at increased risk for adverse outcomes.

Methods and findings

Included were pregnancies in the international SCOPE cohort with birth at ≥20 weeks' gestation, 2004 to 2008. Women were mostly of white ethnicity, in their 20s, and of normal-to-overweight body mass index (BMI)

SUBMITTER: Slade L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11798451 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature