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SUBMITTER: Timpka S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6153555 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Timpka Simon S Fraser Abigail A Schyman Tommy T Stuart Jennifer J JJ Åsvold Bjørn Olav BO Mogren Ingrid I Franks Paul W PW Rich-Edwards Janet W JW
European journal of epidemiology 20180730 10
Women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP; preeclampsia and gestational hypertension) or delivering low birth weight offspring (LBW; < 2500 g) have twice the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We aimed to study the extent to which history of these pregnancy complications improves CVD risk prediction above and beyond conventional predictors. Parous women attended standardized clinical visits in Sweden. Data were linked to registries of deliveries and CVD. Participants we ...[more]