Cardiovascular Health News

Women with greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet had a nearly 30% lower risk for preeclampsia compared with women with lower adherence, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open.

In older adults, elevated postload glucose levels were associated with incident atrial fibrillation, particularly in women, researchers reported in Heart.

Gestational diabetes is associated with a high risk for long-term CV outcomes, according to a presentation at The Pregnancy Meeting this year.

Rates of prediabetes and undiagnosed diabetes increased among premenopausal women in the past 2 decades along with significant cardiovascular risk burden, researchers reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Black women had higher rates of CV hospitalization, maternal morbidity and maternal mortality than white women within 1 year of delivery, according to a research letter published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Late menarche was associated with a 15% to 33% greater risk for MI and stroke among premenopausal women compared with menarche at age 13 years, researchers reported.

In a Scandinavian cohort, offspring born to mothers with preeclampsia had elevated risk for ischemic heart disease and stroke, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Data from a large safety-net hospital show de novo postpartum hypertension occurs in one of 10 patients in the year after delivery, with nearly half from the delivery hospitalization, researchers reported.

Levels of cholesterol, triglycerides and other serum components that indicate CVD risk increased for women in Japan who underwent menopause in the past 15 years, according to longitudinal data published in Menopause.

Breast arterial calcification identified during routine mammography was associated with greater risks for coronary artery disease and stroke within 10 years, data published in Menopause show.