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medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-06
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Pregnancy complications linked to higher risk of cardiac and renal health conditions
medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-06
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Pregnancy complications and risk of cardiometabolic-renal conditions in 1.4 million women in England: longitudinal study.
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Claim 1 of 6Not checkedWomen 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 BMJ Medicine.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 6Not checkedGestational diabetes, high blood pressure in pregnancy and postnatal depression were linked to a raised risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or chronic kidney disease.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 6Not checkedPreterm birth, miscarriage, stillbirth, placental abruption, and babies born either small or large for gestational age were associated with a raised risk of at least one cardiometabolic-renal condition.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 6Not checkedGestational hypertension and preeclampsia more than tripled the rate of hypertension and approximately doubled the rate of chronic kidney disease in later life, with smaller increases for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 6Not checkedGestational diabetes was associated with a sevenfold higher rate of type 2 diabetes and increased rates of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 6 of 6Not checkedThe article says the study was observational and does not imply that pregnancy complications cause later disease, but rather that they may function as a clinical marker of underlying risk.View evidenceHide evidence
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PubMed, Crossref, Europe PMC · 15 candidate papers
Antiphospholipid syndrome: epidemiology and outcomes in the evolving criteria era.
Nature Reviews. Rheumatology · 2026 · PubMed
Real-world evaluation of adverse pregnancy outcomes in women with gestational diabetes mellitus in the German health care system
Primary Care Diabetes · 2020 · Crossref
Adverse pregnancy outcomes, longitudinal change in eGFR, and incident hypertension in women: a population-based cohort study.
2026 · Europe PMC
From Menarche to Menopause: A Narrative Review of Female Reproductive Milestones and Risk of Chronic Airway Disease.
Chest · 2026 · PubMed
Personalizing obstetric care
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