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    Overweight female children more likely to have high BP during pregnancy

    Written by Hina Zahid Published On 2019-04-30T19:28:07+05:30  |  Updated On 30 April 2019 7:28 PM IST
    Overweight female children more likely to have high BP during pregnancy

    High blood pressure related disorders are more common in females who were overweight during childhood. A high childhood BMI in girls was significantly associated with the later risk of developing gestational hypertension and preeclampsia during pregnancy, according to a new study.


    Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, complicate up to 10% of pregnancies worldwide, constituting one of the greatest causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide.


    According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), a woman is considered to have gestational hypertension, or high blood pressure developed in pregnancy, after the first 20 weeks. Prior to that, hypertension is generally deemed to have predated the pregnancy and is considered chronic hypertension.


    A study of nearly 50,000 women in Denmark, presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity in Glasgow, Scotland (28 April-1 May), reveals that those with overweight or obesity in childhood were more likely to develop hypertensive disorders during pregnancy than women of normal weight in childhood.


    The findings build on two well-known observations: women with overweight or obesity are at greater risks of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy than women with normal-weight, and excess adiposity (severe overweight or obesity) takes time to develop. Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are of particular concern since they can endanger the lives of both the mother and her unborn child.


    For these analyses, the authors used data on 49,615 girls from the Copenhagen School Health Records Register, born from 1930-1996 (and aged 23-90 years now). Annual height and weight measurements were collected from ages 7-13 years.


    The researchers defined overweight and obesity at ages 7 and 13 years according to the International Obesity Task Force body mass index cut-offs (BMI ? 17.69 kg/m2 at age 7 years and 22.49 kg/m2 at age 13 years). Using national registers, they identified girls who later became pregnant and those who developed gestational hypertension or preeclampsia from 1978-2017. Women were included in the study if they were in the age range of 18-45 years and gave birth to a single baby in their first recorded birth.


    After estimating the odds ratios (OR) for the association between childhood BMI and hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, using a statistical technique called multivariate logistic regression, the team found that compared to girls with normal-weight, those with overweight at ages 7 or 13 years were significantly more likely to develop gestational hypertension (increased risk: 1.9 and 2.0 times, respectively) and preeclampsia (increased risk 1.6 and 2.3 times, respectively) when adjusted for maternal age at delivery and maternal birth cohort (all results were statistically significant).


    When looking at patterns of change in BMI, girls with overweight at 13 years only or at both 7 and 13 years were around twice as likely to develop gestational hypertension and preeclampsia during pregnancy than girls with normal-weight at both ages.


    The team concludes: "A high childhood BMI at ages 7 and 13 years in girls was significantly associated with the later risk of developing gestational hypertension and preeclampsia during pregnancy. These results suggest that preventive efforts aimed at helping girls attain a normal weight during these years may benefit both their own health and the health of children they may have in the future."

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