Thresholds for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Based on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Late Pregnancy in a Southern Chinese Population.

ABSTRACT: Background In contrast to the general population, outcome-derived thresholds for diagnosing ambulatory hypertension in pregnancy are not yet available. We aimed to identify and compare outcome-derived ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring thresholds for adverse perinatal outcomes by using approaches related and not related to clinic BP in a southern Chinese population. Methods and Results Ambulatory BP monitoring was performed in a cohort of 1768 high-risk participants in late pregnancy who were not taking antihypertensive medications. Participants were followed for composite maternal (severe complications) and neonatal (pregnancy loss, advanced neonatal care, and small for gestational age) outcomes. Modeling of clinic BP-unrelated approaches revealed a nonlinear threshold effect of am

SUBMITTER: Lv LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662146 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature