Association of Concomitant Gestational Hypertensive Disorders and Gestational Diabetes With Cardiovascular Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Accruing evidence suggests that gestational hypertensive disorders (GHTD) and gestational diabetes (GD) are each associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the extent to which the co-occurrence of GHTD and GD is associated with the risk of CVD remains largely unknown.

Objective

To estimate the individual and joint associations of GHTD and GD with incident CVD.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study used the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care of Ontario (Canada) health care administrative databases. All women in Ontario with a GHTD and/or GD diagnosis, and a live-birth singleton delivery between July 1, 2007, and March 31, 2018, were considered for inclusion. Women with pregravid diabetes, hyp

SUBMITTER: Echouffo Tcheugui JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9685489 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature