Is the risk of cardiovascular disease in women with pre-eclampsia modified by very low or very high offspring birth weight? A nationwide cohort study in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine whether the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women with pre-eclampsia is modified by very low or very high offspring birth weight. Further, we studied whether diabetes in pregnancy modified this risk.

Design

Nationwide cohort study.

Setting

Norwegian population registries.

Participants

618 644 women who gave birth to their first child during 1980-2009.

Methods

The women were followed from delivery until the development of CVD or censoring, by linkage of the Medical Birth Registry of Norway to the Cardiovascular Disease in Norway project, and the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry.

Primary outcome measure

CVD.

Results

Compared with normotensive women with normal offspring birth weight, women with pre-eclampsia had

SUBMITTER: Riise HKR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9045054 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature