Gestational Hypertension, Preeclampsia, and Eclampsia and Future Neurological Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia are established risk factors for stroke and dementia later in life. Whether these pregnancy complications are associated with an increased risk of new-onset neurological disorders within months to years after giving birth is not known.

Objective

To explore whether gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia are associated with new-onset migraine, headache, epilepsy, sleep disorder, or mental fatigue within months to years after giving birth.

Design, setting, and participants

In this register-based cohort study, exposures were identified in the Swedish Medical Birth Register from 2005 to 2018. Follow-up was conducted using the National Patient Register, containing diagnoses from specialized inpa

SUBMITTER: Friis T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11811790 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature