ArticleBMJ open2020
Gravidity, parity, blood pressure and mortality among women in Bangladesh from the HEALS cohort.
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- Association between parity and gravidity & hypertension and blood pressure: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Biosocial predictors and blood pressure goal attainment among postmenopausal women with hypertension.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Associations of hypertension and antenatal care-seeking with perinatal mortality: A nested case-control study in rural Bangladesh.PloS one · 2024Article
- Parity and hypertension risk in couples: does number of parity matter: findings from Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Self-reported diabetes or hypertension diagnoses and antenatal care among child-bearing women in rural Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- The association between parity and hypertension: a cross-sectional, community-based study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- 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
objectivesDespite a hypothesised connection of reproductive history with hypertension and mortality, the nature of this association is poorly characterised. We evaluated the association of parity and gravidity with blood pressure, hypertension and all-cause mortality.
designProspective cohort study.
settingHealth Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study cohort in rural Bangladesh.
participantsThere were 21 634 Bangladeshi women recruited in 2000-2002, 2006-2008 and 2010-2014 included in the present analysis.
methodsReproductive history was ascertained through an interviewer-administered questionnaire at the baseline visit. Blood pressure was measured by a trained study physician following a standard protocol at the baseline visit. Vital status was ascertained at the biennial follow-up of study participants through June 2017. Linear and logistic regression models estimated the relationship between parity and gravidity with blood pressure and hypertension, respectively. Cox proportional hazards models estimated the relationship with all-cause mortality only among women aged >45 years.
resultsDiastolic blood pressure was lowest in women with parity one (reference) and elevated in nulliparous women (adjusted % change=3.12; 95% CI 1.93 to 4.33) and women with parity
conclusionsFor women in rural Bangladesh, nulliparity and nulligravidity appear to be associated with higher blood pressure and subsequent elevated risk of mortality.
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