Lactation and Maternal Subclinical Atherosclerosis Among Women With and Without a History of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.

ABSTRACT: Background: We evaluated subclinical cardiovascular disease in relation to lactation history among women with normotensive pregnancies and women with hypertensive pregnancies, a distinction not previously examined. Materials and Methods: The POUCHmoms study included 678 women from a pregnancy cohort who were followed 7-15 years after delivery. We measured blood pressure, lipid levels, carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), and lactation duration for each live birth (LB) at follow-up. We categorized lactation as never, <6 months/LB, or ≥6 months/LB. We analyzed associations between lactation and cardiometabolic risk factors and CIMT by using analysis of variance and multivariable linear regression (adjusted for age, race, socioeconomic status, smoking, time from

SUBMITTER: Countouris ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7307666 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature