Long-term blood pressure changes measured from before to after pregnancy relative to nonparous women.
Long-term blood pressure changes measured from before to after pregnancy relative to nonparous women.
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DOI:
10.1097/aog.0b013e31818da09b
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发表时间:
2008-12
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
Ness R
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作者:
Gunderson EP;Chiang V;Lewis CE;Catov J;Quesenberry CP Jr;Sidney S;Wei GS;Ness R
To prospectively examine whether blood pressure changes persist after pregnancy among women of reproductive age. Prospective, population-based, observational cohort of 2,304 (1,167 black, 1,137 white) women (aged 18–30) who were free of hypertension at baseline (1985–86) and reexamined up to six times at 2, 5, 7, 10, or 20 years later (2005–2006). We obtained standardized blood pressure measurements before and after pregnancies, and categorized women into time-dependent groups by the cumulative number of births since baseline within each time interval [0 births (referent); 1 interim birth and 2 or more interim births; non-hypertensive pregnancies]. The study assessed differences in systolic and diastolic blood pressures among interim birth groups using multivarible, repeated measures linear regression models stratified by baseline parity (nulliparous and parous) adjusted for time, age, race, baseline covariates (blood pressure, BMI, education, oral contraceptive use), and follow-up covariates (smoking, anti-hypertensive medications, oral contraceptive use, weight gain). Among nulliparas at baseline, mean (95%CI) fully adjusted systolic and diastolic blood pressures (mm Hg), respectively, were lower by −2.06 (−2.72 to −1.41) and −1.50 (−2.08 to −0.92) after one interim birth, and lower by −1.89 (−2.63 to −1.15) and −1.29 (−1.96 to −0.63) after 2 or more interim births compared with no births (all p-value <0.001). Among women already parous at baseline, adjusted mean blood pressure changes did not differ by number of subsequent births. A first birth is accompanied by persistent lowering of blood pressure from preconception to years after delivery. Although the biologic mechanism is unclear, pregnancy may create enduring alterations in vascular endothelial function.