Preventing cardiovascular disease after hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Searching for the how and when.

ABSTRACT: Background Women with a history of a hypertensive disorder during pregnancy (HDP) have an increased risk of cardiovascular events. Guidelines recommend assessment of cardiovascular risk factors in these women later in life, but provide limited advice on how this follow-up should be organized. Design Systematic review and meta-regression analysis. Methods The aim of our study was to provide an overview of existing knowledge on the changes over time in three major modifiable components of cardiovascular risk assessment after HDP: blood pressure, glucose homeostasis and lipid levels. Data from 44 studies and up to 6904 women with a history of a HDP were compared with risk factor levels reported for women of corresponding age in the National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey, Estudio Epi

SUBMITTER: Groenhof TKJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5669282 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature