NUMBER OF PREGNANCIES AND THE SUBSEQUENT RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE

被引:240
作者
NESS, RB
HARRIS, T
COBB, J
FLEGAL, KM
KELSEY, JL
BALANGER, A
STUNKARD, AJ
DAGOSTINO, RB
机构
[1] UNIV PENN, CLIN EPIDEMIOL UNIT, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 USA
[2] UNIV PENN, DEPT PSYCHIAT, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 USA
[3] UNIV PENN, DEPT MED, DEPT EMERGENCY, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 USA
[4] CTR DIS CONTROL & PREVENT, NATL CTR HLTH STAT, HYATTSVILLE, MD USA
[5] STANFORD UNIV, DEPT HLTH RES & POLICY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA USA
[6] BOSTON UNIV, DEPT MATH, STAT UNIT, BOSTON, MA 02215 USA
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10.1056/NEJM199305273282104
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Background. Whether increasing parity or gravidity is a risk factor for corona Methods. We tested the association between the number of pregnancies and a variety of cardiovascular end points in two groups of women who had completed childbearing. One group comprised 2357 women who were followed for 28 years through the Framingham Heart Study, and the other 2533 women followed for at least 12 years through the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey National Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (NHEFS). Results. The rates of coronary heart disease were higher among multigravid women than among women who had never been pregnant, in both the Framingham Heart Study and the NHEFS, but in both studies, the higher rates were statistically significant only in women with six or more pregnancies. For the women in the Framingham Study, the rate ratio adjusted for age and educational level in the group with six or more pregnancies (as compared with women who had never been pregnant) was 1.6 (95 percent confidence interval, 1.1 to 2.2). For the women in the NHEFS, the same adjusted rate ratio was 1.5 (95 percent confidence interval, 1.1 to 1.9). Adjustments for other known cardiovascular risk factors, including weight, did not markedly alter this risk. The rate of total cardiovascular disease was also significantly higher among multigravid women in the Framingham Study than in the women who had never been pregnant. Conclusions. In two prospective American studies, having six or more pregnancies was associated with a small but consistent increase in the risk of coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease. Whether gravidity itself or some other unmeasured factor accounts for the increase in risk that we observed requires further investigation.
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