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Pregnancy complications linked to higher risk of cardiac and renal health conditions

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Pregnancy complications linked to higher risk of cardiac and renal health conditions

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Women with a complication in their latest pregnancy or a previous pregnancy face an elevated risk of developing cardiometabolic-renal conditions in subsequent years, suggests a U.K. study published online in the open-access journal BMJ Medicine.

Gestational diabetes, high blood pressure in pregnancy and postnatal depression were linked to a raised risk of four cardiometabolic-renal conditions—cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or chronic kidney disease—the authors suggest.

Preterm birth, miscarriage, stillbirth, placental abruption (where the placenta separates from the inner wall of the uterus before delivery) and babies born either small or large for their gestational age were found to be associated with a raised risk of at least one cardiometabolic-renal condition.

The link between gestational diabetes and high blood pressure in pregnancy and the subsequent development of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease has already been established in previous research.

For most other pregnancy complications, such as miscarriage, stillbirth, placental abruption, preterm birth, small and large babies for gestational age, and postnatal depression, there is only limited evidence.

Most previous studies considered only the most recent pregnancy, and few examined chronic kidney disease.

K. between Jan. 1, 2000, and Dec. 31, 2022. This information was linked to hospital data to identify pregnancy complications.



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