Top in women’s health: Highlights from The Pregnancy meeting

Previously healthy women who delivered via cesarian had increased short-term risk for CVD complications after delivery, according to data presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

“Cesarean deliveries are associated with a 47% increased risk of short-term cardiovascular complications when compared to vaginal deliveries, and this risk is elevated for at least 1 year after delivery,” Cande V. Ananth, PhD, MPH, professor, vice chair for academic affairs and chief of the division of epidemiology and biostatistics in the department of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey, told Healio.

Additionally, the strongest CVD risk for women who underwent cesarian delivery was for heart failure.

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At the same meeting, researchers presented findings from a secondary analysis of the Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Follow-up Study, which revealed that hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and gestational diabetes raised the likelihood of having children with nonideal CV health 10 to 14 years after delivery. The researchers also found that associations were stronger as adverse maternal health metrics increased.

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