Elevated blood pressure in pregnancy and subsequent chronic disease risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preeclampsia, a new-onset hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, is associated with lifetime cardiovascular disease risk, but less is known about risk after other pregnancy-related hypertension.

Methods and results

The Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 included all expected births from 1 year (N=12 055 women). Blood pressure measurements and other prospective data were determined from prenatal care records and questionnaires for 10 314 women. Subsequent diagnoses were ascertained from Finnish registries (average follow-up, 39.4 years). Adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) estimate risks in hypertensive women compared with normotensive women. Hypertension during pregnancy was associated with increased risk of subsequent cardiovascular dise

SUBMITTER: Mannisto T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4151554 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature