Impact of bariatric surgery on hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: retrospective analysis of insurance claims data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether women who had a delivery after bariatric surgery have lower rates of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy compared with women who had a delivery before bariatric surgery.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Claims data for 2002-6 from seven insurance plans in the United States.

Participants

585 women aged 16-45 who had undergone bariatric surgery, had at least one pregnancy and delivery, and had continuous insurance coverage during pregnancy plus two weeks after delivery.

Main outcome measure

Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy defined with ICD-9 codes. The independent variable was the timing of delivery in relation to bariatric surgery, classified as deliveries before and after surgery. We used logistic regression to

SUBMITTER: Bennett WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2854330 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature