Pregnancy History at 40 Years of Age as a Marker of Cardiovascular Risk

Autor: Liv G. Kvalvik, Rolv Skjærven, Gerhard Sulo, Aditi Singh, Quaker E. Harmon, Allen J. Wilcox
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 13, Iss 5 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2047-9980
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.123.030560
Popis: Background Individual pregnancy complications are associated with increased maternal risk of cardiovascular disease. We assessed the link between a woman's total pregnancy history at 40 years of age and her relative risk of dying from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Methods and Results This population‐based prospective study combined several Norwegian registries covering the period 1967 to 2020. We identified 854 442 women born after 1944 or registered with a pregnancy in 1967 or later, and surviving to 40 years of age. The main outcome was the time to ASCVD mortality through age 69 years. The exposure was a woman's number of recorded pregnancies (0, 1, 2, 3, or 4) and the number of those with complications (preterm delivery
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