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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular development and disease2025

Pathophysiology of Maternal Obesity and Hypertension in Pregnancy.

Joana Lourenço, Luís Guedes-Martins

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Review in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Maternal Obesity Doubles the Risk of Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: Post-COVID Changes in a Brazilian Cohort of 2.3 Million Hospitalizations.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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  4. Pregnancy as a Window for Hypertension and Cardiovascular Prevention in Women: A Life-Course Perspective Based on the 2025 ESC Guidelines.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Joana LourençoInstituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
Luís Guedes-MartinsInstituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0491-0752

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is one of the biggest health problems in the 21st century and the leading health disorder amongst women of fertile age. Maternal obesity is associated with several adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. In this group of women, the risk for the development of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs), such as gestational hypertension (GH) and pre-eclampsia (PE), is increased. In fact, there is a linear association between an increase in pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and PE. Excessive weight gain during pregnancy is also related to the development of PE and GH. The role of obesity in the pathophysiology of HDP is complex and is most likely due to an interaction between several factors that cause a state of poor maternal cardiometabolic health. Adipokines seem to have a central role in HDP development, especially for PE. Hypoadiponectinemia, hyperleptinemia, insulin resistance (IR), and a proinflammatory state are metabolic disturbances related to PE pathogenesis, contributing to its development by inducing a state of maternal endothelial dysfunction. Hypertriglyceridemia is suggested to also be a part of the disease mechanisms of HDP. Therefore, this review seeks to explore the scientific literature to assess the complications of maternal obesity and its association with the development of HDP.

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eclampsiagestational hypertensionhypertensionhypertensive disorders of pregnancymaternal obesitypre-eclampsiapregnancy

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PMID40137089
PMCPMC11942925

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