Why the study?
Does preeclampsia increase the future risk of cardiovascular diseases in women?
Population
22 studies pooling >6.4 million women, including >258,000 women with preeclampsia.
Comparison
History of preeclampsia vs No history of preeclampsia
Design
Meta-analysis
Authors
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Preeclampsia history may warrant enhanced long-term CVD surveillance in women; extends observational associations but leaves intervention effects open.
Does preeclampsia increase the future risk of cardiovascular diseases in women?
Preeclampsia is associated with a 4-fold increase in future incident heart failure and a 2-fold increased risk in coronary heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular death, highlighting the need for lifelong cardiovascular risk monitoring.
Wu et al. (2017) studied this question.
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