Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Maternal Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Development: An Observational Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are nearly twice as likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) as those who are normotensive during pregnancy. However, the emergence of CVD risk factors after HDP is less well-understood.

Objective

To identify associations between HDP and maternal CVD risk factors and chart the trajectory of risk factor development after pregnancy.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Setting

United States.

Participants

58 671 parous NHS II (Nurses' Health Study II) participants who did not have CVD or risk factors of interest at baseline.

Measurements

Women were followed for self-reported physician diagnosis of chronic hypertension and hypercholesterolemia and confirmed type 2 diabete

SUBMITTER: Stuart JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6601621 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature