ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2015
Preterm birth and long-term maternal cardiovascular health.
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- Preterm Delivery and Future Risk of Maternal Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2018Pooled it
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- Comparative Analysis of Neonatal Effects in Pregnant Women with Cardiovascular Risk versus Low-Risk Pregnant Women.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- The role of cardiovascular risk factors in maternal cardiovascular disease according to offspring birth characteristics in the HUNT study.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Endocrine-Disrupting Chemical Exposures in Pregnancy: a Sensitive Window for Later-Life Cardiometabolic Health in Women.Current epidemiology reports · 2021Article
- Patterns of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Years Before Pregnancy in Nulliparous Women With and Without Preterm Birth and Small-for-Gestational-Age Delivery.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Article
- A History of Preterm Delivery Is Associated with Aberrant Postpartal MicroRNA Expression Profiles in Mothers with an Absence of Other Pregnancy-Related Complications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Cardiovascular Disease-Related Pregnancy Complications Are Associated with Increased Maternal Levels and Trajectories of Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers During and After Pregnancy.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2020Article
- Particulate matter exposure, dietary inflammatory index and preterm birth in Mexico city, Mexico.Environmental research · 2020Article
- Life Course Changes in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Associated With Preterm Delivery: The 30-Year CARDIA Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate whether preterm birth (PTB) is associated with greater cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in a longitudinal cohort.
methodsWe examined differences in systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure, insulin resistance (Homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance), total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein, triglycerides, C-reactive protein, and interleukin 6 at 3 years postpartum between women who delivered preterm (gestation <37 weeks; n = 54) versus term (≥37 weeks; n = 751) using multivariable linear regression. We also assessed relations with body mass index, weight change from prepregnancy, and waist circumference at 3 and 7 years postpartum.
resultsMedian age at enrollment was 33.9 years (range: 16.4-44.9). After adjusting for age, race, prepregnancy body mass index, parity, marital status, education, and SBP during early pregnancy, women with PTB had 3.99 mm Hg (95% confidence interval, 0.82-7.16) higher SBP and 7.01 mg/dL (1.54-12.50) lower HDL than those who delivered at term. The association with SBP was attenuated after accounting for hypertension before or during pregnancy (2.78 mm Hg [-0.30 to 5.87]). PTB was not related to other postpartum outcomes.
conclusionsPTB is related to greater CVD risk by 3 years postpartum as indicated by higher SBP and lower HDL. Although these associations may be due to preexisting conditions exacerbated during pregnancy, PTB may flag high-risk women for more vigilant CVD monitoring and lifestyle interventions.
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