Pregnancy-Associated Hypertension and Offspring Cardiometabolic Health.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate whether pregnancy-associated hypertension (gestational hypertension and preeclampsia) was associated with the cardiometabolic health of young offspring.

Methods

This was a prospective observational follow-up study from 2012 to 2013 of children born to women previously enrolled in a mild gestational diabetes mellitus treatment trial or nongestational diabetes mellitus observational study. At 5-10 years after birth, children were examined and fasting blood samples obtained to determine the following cardiometabolic risk factors: blood pressure (BP), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance, waist circumference, and body mass index (BMI).

Results

This analysis included 979 child

SUBMITTER: Rice MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5785419 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature