ArticleJournal of cardiac failure2023
Multiple Prior Live Births Are Associated With Cardiac Remodeling and Heart Failure Risk in Women.
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- Parity and heart failure risk in diabetic women with coronary artery disease: a multicentre cohort study.ESC heart failure · 2026Article
- Antiretroviral therapy in the peripartum period impairs post pregnancy cardiac reverse remodeling in a rodent model.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Insights Into Cardiovascular Disease in Women From the Framingham Heart Study.JACC. Advances · 2026Article
- Pregnancies, live births, and heart structure and function in women with HIV.AIDS research and therapy · 2026Article
- The outcome of heart failure in women: a study from a tertiary heart function clinic.American journal of cardiovascular disease · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveGreater parity has been associated with cardiovascular disease risk. We sought to find whether the effects on cardiac remodeling and heart failure risk are clear.
methodsWe examined the association of number of live births with echocardiographic measures of cardiac structure and function in participants of the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) using multivariable linear regression. We next examined the association of parity with incident heart failure with preserved (HFpEF) or reduced (HFrEF) ejection fraction using a Fine-Gray subdistribution hazards model in a pooled analysis of n = 12,635 participants in the FHS, the Cardiovascular Health Study, the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, and Prevention of Renal and Vascular Endstage Disease. Secondary analyses included major cardiovascular disease, myocardia infarction and stroke.
resultsAmong n = 3931 FHS participants (mean age 48 ± 13 years), higher numbers of live births were associated with worse left ventricular fractional shortening (multivariable β -1.11 (0.31); P = 0.0005 in ≥ 5 live births vs nulliparous women) and worse cardiac mechanics, including global circumferential strain and longitudinal and radial dyssynchrony (P < 0.01 for all comparing ≥ 5 live births vs nulliparity). When examining HF subtypes, women with ≥ 5 live births were at higher risk of developing future HFrEF compared with nulliparous women (HR 1.93, 95% CI 1.19-3.12; P = 0.008); by contrast, a lower risk of HFpEF was observed (HR 0.58, 95% CI 0.37-0.91; P = 0.02).
conclusionsGreater numbers of live births are associated with worse cardiac structure and function. There was no association with overall HF, but a higher number of live births was associated with greater risk for incident HFrEF.
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