ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2022
Mediterranean-Style Diet and Risk of Preeclampsia by Race in the Boston Birth Cohort.
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- Association between the Maternal Mediterranean Diet and Perinatal Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Pooled it
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- Placental lipid handling, growth and inflammatory pathways are modified by a maternal Mediterranean diet.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Diet quality and blood pressure among pregnant women with overweight or obesity: A secondary analysis of two randomized controlled trials.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2024Trial
- Association of a Lifestyle Intervention with Blood Pressure Trajectories During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Women with Pre-pregnancy Overweight and Obesity.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Trial
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- Preeclampsia: Contemporary Concepts in Pathophysiology, Risk Stratification, Prevention and Monitoring.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Discovery and validation of GNA12Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- Assessing rates of dietary counseling in obstetric patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and related conditions.Pregnancy hypertension · 2025Article
- Mendelian Randomization Mediation Analysis Reveals the Impact of Dietary Preferences on Preeclampsia and Fetal Growth Restriction via Immune Modulation.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Lipid Profile and Management of Dyslipidemias in Pregnancy.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025Review
- PREGNANCY DISORDERS AND MATERNAL CONSEQUENCES: Ethnic disparities in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.Reproduction (Cambridge, England) · 2025Review
- 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2025Review
- Mediterranean diet in preeclampsia prevention: mechanisms of action and clinical evidence.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Assessing the role of dietary acid load in the development of hypertensive disorders during pregnancy: uncovering the association through prospective cohort analysis.Nutrition journal · 2024Article
- Association Between Periconceptional Diet Quality and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: The Japan Environment and Children's Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- The association between diet quality index-international and dietary diversity score with preeclampsia: a case-control study.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Maternal Dietary Patterns During Pregnancy Are Linked to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Among a Predominantly Low-Income US Hispanic/Latina Pregnancy Cohort.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Diet as a Lifestyle Intervention to Lower Preeclampsia Risk.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background Preeclampsia is a major cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Given its large public health burden, there is a need to identify modifiable factors that can be targeted for preeclampsia prevention. In this study, we examined whether a Mediterranean-style diet is protective for preeclampsia in a large cohort of racially and ethnically diverse, urban, low-income women. Methods and Results We used data from the Boston Birth Cohort. Maternal sociodemographic and dietary data were obtained via interview and food frequency questionnaire within 24 to 72 hours postpartum, respectively. Additional clinical information, including physician diagnoses of preexisting conditions and preeclampsia, were extracted from medical records. We derived a Mediterranean-style diet score from the food frequency questionnaire and performed logistic regression to examine the association of the Mediterranean-style diet score with preeclampsia. Of 8507 women in the sample, 848 developed preeclampsia. 47% were Black, 28% were Hispanic, and the remaining were White/Other. After multivariable adjustment, greatest adherence with MSD was associated with lower preeclampsia odds (adjusted odds ratio comparing tertile 3 to tertile 1, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.64-0.96). A subgroup analysis of Black women demonstrated a similar benefit with an adjusted odds ratio comparing tertile 3 to tertile 1 of 0.74 (95% CI, 0.76-0.96). Conclusions Self-report of higher adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet is associated with lower preeclampsia odds, and benefit of this diet is present among Black women as well.
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