Incidence and Long-Term Outcomes of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are associated with increased risks for cardiovascular disease later in life. The HDP incidence is commonly assessed using diagnostic codes, which are not reliable; and typically are expressed per-pregnancy, which may underestimate the number of women with an HDP history after their reproductive years.

Objectives

This study sought to determine the incidence of HDP expressed as both per-pregnancy and per-woman, and to establish their associations with future chronic conditions and multimorbidity, a measure of accelerated aging, in a population-based cohort study.

Methods

Using the Rochester Epidemiology Project medical record-linkage system, the authors identified residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, who delivered

SUBMITTER: Garovic VD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7213062 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature