Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
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Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand · Feb 2017
Risk factors for recurrence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, a population-based cohort study.
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) tend to recur from one pregnancy to the next. The aims of the study were to assess the recurrence risk according to type of HDP defined by gestational age at birth and to examine whether recurrence is associated with the following additional risk factors for HDP: maternal age, smoking, inter-delivery interval, diabetes, body mass index, and fetal growth restriction, and to assess temporal trends in these associations. ⋯ Recurrent HDP tended to be of the same type as the previous HDP. Risk of recurrence associated with additional risk factors was observed particularly after term. The odds ratio of recurrence of early preterm HDP was significantly lower from 1993 onwards.