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Hipertensión en el embarazo y riesgo cardiovascular posterior: antecedentes comunes?
Pål R Romundstad1, Elisabeth B Magnussen, George Davey Smith
1Department of Public Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. paalr@ntnu.no
Circulation
|July 28, 2010
Resumen
La preeclampsia y la hipertensión gestacional están vinculadas a futuras enfermedades cardiovasculares. Sin embargo, los factores de riesgo compartidos antes del embarazo, no las condiciones del embarazo en sí mismas, explican en gran medida esta asociación.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Epidemiología cardiovascular.
- Salud reproductiva y salud reproductiva.
- Salud pública La salud pública.
Sus antecedentes:
- La preeclampsia y la hipertensión gestacional aumentan el riesgo a largo plazo de enfermedad cardiovascular (ECV).
- Las causas subyacentes de esta asociación requieren más investigación.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para determinar si la hipertensión inducida por el embarazo contribuye al riesgo posterior de ECV.
- Para diferenciar los roles de los factores en el embarazo frente a los factores de riesgo compartidos antes del embarazo.
Principales métodos:
- Se utilizaron datos longitudinales del Estudio de Salud de Nord-Trøndelag (HUNT) y el Registro Médico de Nacimientos de Noruega.
- Se incluyeron 3225 mujeres con partos individuales, analizando las mediciones previas y posteriores al embarazo de la presión arterial, el IMC y los lípidos séricos.
Principales resultados:
- Las mujeres con preeclampsia / hipertensión gestacional tenían un IMC, presión arterial y perfiles lipídicos desfavorables más altos antes del embarazo.
- El ajuste por factores previos al embarazo atenuó significativamente las diferencias observadas en el IMC (en >65%) y la presión arterial (en ~50%).
- Las diferencias lipídicas (colesterol HDL y triglicéridos) también se redujeron sustancialmente después del ajuste (40% y 72%, respectivamente).
Conclusiones:
- La asociación entre los trastornos hipertensivos del embarazo y los factores de riesgo de ECV después del embarazo se puede atribuir en gran medida a los factores de riesgo compartidos antes del embarazo.
- Los trastornos hipertensivos en el embarazo pueden no causar directamente el riesgo cardiovascular a largo plazo.
- Centrarse en el manejo de los factores de riesgo antes del embarazo es crucial para mitigar futuras ECV en las mujeres afectadas.
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