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ArticleEuropean heart journal2025

Adverse pregnancy outcomes and long-term risk of stroke: a Swedish nationwide co-sibling study.

Casey Crump, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist

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Casey CrumpDepartments of Family and Community Medicine and of Epidemiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, 1133 John Freeman Boulevard, JJL 300, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2990-1166
Jan SundquistCenter for Primary Health Care Research, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7228-5015
Kristina SundquistCenter for Primary Health Care Research, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8031-279X

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Preterm birth and long-term risk of cardiovascular disease in mothers and offspringR01HL139536 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI CRUMP, CASEY, SUNDQUIST, KRISTINA · 2018 to 2025
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Avtal om Läkarutbildning och Forskning (ALF; Agreement on Medical Training and Research)NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL139536NIH HHS R01HL139536Swedish Heart-Lung FoundationSwedish Research Councilthe National Institutes of Health R01HL139536the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundationthe Swedish Research Council
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aimsThe lifelong risk of stroke following adverse pregnancy outcomes, and potential causality, are unknown. This study examined five major adverse pregnancy outcomes and long-term risk of stroke in a large population-based cohort.

methodsA national cohort study was conducted of all 2 201 393 women with a singleton delivery in Sweden during 1973-2015, followed up for stroke through 2018. Cox regression was used to determine hazard ratios (HRs) for stroke associated with preterm delivery, small for gestational age, preeclampsia, other hypertensive disorders, and gestational diabetes, adjusting for other maternal factors. Co-sibling analyses assessed for potential confounding by shared familial (genetic or environmental) factors.

resultsIn 48 million person-years of follow-up, 667 774 (30%) women experienced an adverse pregnancy outcome and 35 824 (1.6%) women were diagnosed with stroke. All five adverse pregnancy outcomes were independently associated with long-term increased risks of stroke. With up to 46 years of follow-up, adjusted HRs for stroke associated with specific adverse pregnancy outcomes were: gestational diabetes, 1.86 (95% confidence interval 1.69-2.04); other hypertensive disorders, 1.82 (1.67-1.98); preterm delivery, 1.40 (1.36-1.45); preeclampsia, 1.36 (1.31-1.41); and small for gestational age, 1.26 (1.22-1.29). All HRs remained significantly elevated (1.2- to 2.5-fold) even 30-46 years after delivery. These findings were only partially explained by shared familial factors.

conclusionsIn a large national cohort, women with any of five adverse pregnancy outcomes had increased risks of stroke up to 46 years after delivery. Women with adverse pregnancy outcomes need early preventive actions and long-term follow-up to reduce their lifelong risk of stroke.

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Pregnancy Complications, CardiovascularPregnancy OutcomeStrokeAdultDiabetes, GestationalFemaleHumansHypertension, Pregnancy-InducedInfant, Small for Gestational AgeMiddle AgedPre-EclampsiaPregnancyPremature BirthRisk FactorsSwedenCerebrovascular disordersGestational diabetesHypertensive disorders of pregnancyPreeclampsiaPregnancy complicationsPreterm deliverySmall for gestational ageStroke

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