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Association between parity and persistent weight gain at age 40-60 years: a longitudinal prospective cohort study.
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- The Impact of Obesity on the Association between Parity and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2025Article
- Urinary Incontinence in Midlife According to Weight Changes Across and After Childbearing Years.International urogynecology journal · 2024Article
- Adverse pregnancy outcomes and risk of type 2 diabetes in postmenopausal women.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2024Article
- The dynamic nexus: exploring the interplay of BMI before, during, and after pregnancy with Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) risk in Chinese lactating women.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Associations of age at first birth and lifetime parity with weight and adiposity across midlife in women from Project Viva.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Article
- The relationship between pregnancy count and duration of breast-feeding with metabolic syndrome (Fasa Persian cohort study).BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Parity and incident type 2 diabetes in older Chinese women: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Assessing patterns of change in lifestyle behaviours by parity: a longitudinal cohort study.International journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Number of prior live births is associated with higher arterial stiffness but not its change in older women: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- The association between parity and hypertension: a cross-sectional, community-based study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Weight gain trajectories patterns from pregnancy to early postpartum: identifying women at risk and timing to prevent weight regain.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Age at childbirth and change in BMI across the life-course: evidence from the INCAP Longitudinal Study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- 10-Year Weight Gain in 13,802 US Adults: The Role of Age, Sex, and Race.Journal of obesity · 2022Article
- The causal effect of number of children on later-life overweight and obesity in parous women. An instrumental variable study.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Live birth/parity number and the risk of incident hypertension among parous women during over 13 years of follow-up.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesPhysiological metabolic adaptations occur in the pregnant woman. These may persist postpartum and thereby contribute to an unfavourable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profile in parous women. The aim of the current study is to assess time-dependent changes of cardiometabolic health in parous women compared with nulliparous women. DESIGN AND
settingWe studied data of 2459 women who participated in the Prevention of Renal and Vascular End-stage Disease study, a population-based prospective longitudinal cohort for assessment of CVD and renal disease in the general population.
participantsWe selected women ≥40 years at the first visit, who reported no new pregnancies during the four follow-up visits. All women were categorised in parity groups, and stratified for age. OUTCOME MEASURES: We compared body mass index (BMI), high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, blood pressure as continuous measurements and as clinical relevant CVD risk factors among parity groups over the course of 6 years using generalised estimating equation models adjusted for age.
resultsThe BMI was significantly higher in women para 2 or more in all age categories: per child, the BMI was 0.6 kg/m
conclusionsHigher parity is associated with higher BMI, lower HDL cholesterol and a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, which is constant over time. These findings warrant for prospective research assessing determinants of cardiometabolic health at earlier age to understand the role of pregnancy in the development of CVD in women.
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