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Background: Despite an intensive research the aetiology of hypertensive diseases in pregnancy remains unclear. According to the model of fetal programming it seems likely that the birth weight of a future mother is associated with an increased risk to develop hypertensive diseases in pregnancy (HDP). We therefore investigated this correlation in women with HDP compared to controls Methods: A self-administered questionnaire developed for the current study was completed by 142 women with HDP and 124 matched (age, nationality, education, parity) control women. The indexpregnancy in cases was defined as the first pregnancy conducted beyond the 24 th gestational week which was complicated by HDP. Women had to report their own birth weight as well as their waist and the hip circumference in order to be able to calculate their waist-hip ratio at the beginning of the index-pregnancy. Results: Mean own birth weight in women with HDP was 2932.5g compared to 2947.7g in controls which was not statistically significant. Also there was no difference in waist hip ratio.

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Author

lietze

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2009

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)