Why the study?
What are the longitudinal changes in blood pressure during healthy pregnancies and what factors are associated with the absence of a mid-trimester drop?
Population
158 healthy pregnant women followed up in a public health care center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
during pregnancy
Authors
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May warrant closer BP surveillance in obese pregnancies; leaves open prognostic implications of absent mid-trimester drop.
What are the longitudinal changes in blood pressure during healthy pregnancies and what factors are associated with the absence of a mid-trimester drop?
A significant proportion of healthy pregnant women do not experience the traditionally expected mid-trimester drop in blood pressure, a phenomenon associated with factors such as early pregnancy obesity and family history of hypertension.
Salles et al. (2014) studied this question.
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