ArticlePregnancy hypertension2017
Associations between bacterial infections and blood pressure in pregnancy.
Article in Pregnancy hypertension, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Current Evidence of Maternal Infection With Chlamydia trachomatis and Preeclampsia Risk.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2025Review
- Microbiota-governed microRNA-204 impairs endothelial function and blood pressure decline during inactivity in db/db mice.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Risk factors for neonatal group B streptococcus vertical transmission: a prospective cohort study of 1815 mother-baby pairs.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2018Article
- Associations of vomiting and antiemetic use in pregnancy with levels of circulating GDF15 early in the second trimester: A nested case-control study.Wellcome open research · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo test the hypothesis that bacterial infections in pregnancy are related to maternal blood pressure. STUDY
designBacterial infection was assessed using antibiotic usage as a surrogate and its association with blood pressure in pregnancy tested in the Cambridge Baby Growth Study.
main outcome measuresAntibiotic usage in pregnancy was self-reported in questionnaires. Blood pressure measurements at four time points in pregnancy were collected from the hospital notes of 622 women.
resultsUsing all the available blood pressure readings (adjusted for weeks gestation) antibiotic usage was associated with a higher mean arterial blood pressure across pregnancy: antibiotics used 85(84, 87)mmHg vs. no antibiotics used 83 (83, 84) mmHg (β=2.3 (0.6, 4.0) mmHg, p=9.6×10
conclusionsBacterial infection in pregnancy, as assessed by self-reported antibiotic usage, is associated with small rises in blood pressure.
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