Lifetime Adverse Pregnancy Outcome History and Cardiovascular Risk - PubMed
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- Study examines the link between adverse pregnancy outcomes and long-term cardiovascular disease risk.
- Adverse pregnancy outcomes include gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, preterm delivery, and low birthweight.
- Gestational hypertension and preeclampsia show independent associations with higher cardiovascular disease risk.
- Postpregnancy conditions like hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia significantly attenuate the association between adverse pregnancy outcomes and cardiovascular disease.
- Adding adverse pregnancy outcomes to risk prediction models only modestly improves cardiovascular disease prediction.
- More nuanced integration of adverse pregnancy outcomes is needed for better clinical utility in cardiovascular risk prediction.