The impact of parity on life course blood pressure trajectories: the HUNT study in Norway.

ABSTRACT: The drop in blood pressure during pregnancy may persist postpartum, but the impact of pregnancy on blood pressure across the life course is not known. In this study we examined blood pressure trajectories for women in the years preceding and following pregnancy and compared life course trajectories of blood pressure for parous and nulliparous women. We linked information on all women who participated in the population-based, longitudinal HUNT Study, Norway with pregnancy information from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway. A total of 23,438 women were included with up to 3 blood pressure measurements per woman. Blood pressure trajectories were compared using a mixed effects linear spline model. Before first pregnancy, women who later gave birth had similar mean blood pressure to women wh

SUBMITTER: Haug EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6061132 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature