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SUBMITTER: Farrar D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6744423 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Farrar Diane D Santorelli Gillian G Lawlor Debbie A DA Tuffnell Derek D Sheldon Trevor A TA West Jane J Macdonald-Wallis Corrie C
Scientific reports 20190913 1
The incidence of gestational hypertension (GH) and pre-eclampsia (PE) is increasing. Use of blood pressure (BP) change patterns may improve early detection of BP abnormalities. We used Linear spline random-effects models to estimate BP patterns across pregnancy for white British and Pakistani women. Pakistani women compared to white British women had lower BP during the first two trimesters of pregnancy, irrespective of the development of GH or PE or presence of a risk factor. Pakistani compared ...[more]