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Risk of Hypertension and Abnormal Biomarkers in the First Year Postpartum Associated with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Among Overweight and Obese Women by Alisse Hauspurg; Malamo E. Countouris; Arun Jeyabalan; Carl A. Hubel; James M. Roberts; Eleanor B. Schwarz; Janet M. Catov is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Objectives: Hypertension and obesity are common cardiometabolic risk factors in reproductive age women. the association of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy with later-life cardiovascular disease is well-established, however, it is unknown how obesity and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy converge to accelerate development of hypertension in the postpartum period. the aim of this study was to characterize rates of sustained hypertension at one year postpartum using the new american heart association/american college of cardiology guidelines among overweight and obese women with a normotensive pregnancy or hypertensive disorder of pregnancy. ## Study design: 315 early pregnant women were enrolled prospectively and followed up to 12 months after delivery (mean 7.0 ± 1.8 months). at a postpartum research visit, we measured blood pressure and collected blood samples to measure cystatin c and high sensitivity c-reactive protein. ## Results: A total of 254 women had a normotensive pregnancy, 39 had gestational hypertension (12.4%) and 22 had preeclampsia (7.0%). 91 women had hypertension at the postpartum study visit (28.9%). after adjustment for maternal age, bmi, lactation and t
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- Author
- Alisse Hauspurg; Malamo E. Countouris; Arun Jeyabalan; Carl A. Hubel; James M. Roberts; Eleanor B. Schwarz; Janet M. Catov
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)