Hypertension during pregnancy may affect women's long-term cardiovascular health

Among 146,748 women with a first pregnancy and a follow-up of approximately four-and-a-half years, 997 were diagnosed with cardiovascular disease and 6812 developed hypertension. Compared with women without hypertension during pregnancy, those with hypertension during pregnancy had a 2.2-times higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease and a 5.6-times higher risk of developing hypertension after pregnancy. Subsequent pregnancies did not appear to influence these associations.

"This study highlights the need for long-term follow-up of women with a history of hypertension during pregnancy to provide early management of risk factors for cardiovascular disease," said Sonia Grandi, PhD candidate at McGill University and lead author of the Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology study.

For more details click on the link : Sonia M. Grandi, Karine Vallée-Pouliot, Pauline Reynier, Maria Eberg, Robert W. Platt, Roxane Arel, Olga Basso, Kristian B. Filion. Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy and the Risk of Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 2017; DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12388