Moderately elevated blood pressure during pregnancy and odds of hypertension later in life: the POUCHmoms longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy signal an increased risk of cardiovascular disease for women. However, future hypertension risk among pregnant women with moderately elevated blood pressure (BP) is unknown. We examined associations among moderately elevated BP or hypertensive disorders during pregnancy and later prehypertension or hypertension.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

Five communities in Michigan, USA.

Sample

Data are from pregnant women enrolled in the Pregnancy Outcomes and Community Health Study. We included 667 women with gestational BP measurements who participated in the POUCHmoms Study follow-up 7-15 years later.

Methods

Moderately elevated BP was defined as two measures of systolic BP ≥ 120 mmHg or diastolic BP ≥80

SUBMITTER: Dunietz GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5505807 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature