scholarly journals Associations of maternal hypertensive disorders during pregnancy with offspring risks of ischemic heart disease and stroke: a Nordic cohort study

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
F Yang ◽  
H Chen ◽  
D Wei ◽  
I Janszky ◽  
N Roos ◽  
...  

Abstract Background A substantial body of evidence suggests that children exposed to maternal hypertensive disorders during pregnancy (HDP) have increased risks of preterm birth, fetal growth restriction and several cardiovascular risk factors (e.g., hypertension, obesity, diabetes) later in life. However, the direct evidence on the link between maternal HDP and the risk of severe cardiovascular diseases such as ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke in the offspring is very limited. Objective To investigate the associations between maternal HDP and the risk of IHD and stroke in the offspring. Methods We conducted a population-based cohort study by linking several national registers in Sweden and Finland. Live singleton births from the Swedish Medical Birth Register (1973–2014) and the Finnish Medical Birth Register (1987- 2014) were followed for IHD and stroke until 2014 by the national patient and cause of death registers. We performed Cox regression models to examine the association between maternal HDP and its subtypes, i.e., pre-existing chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, and preeclampsia, and the risk of IHD, and stroke in the offspring while adjusting for relevant maternal and pregnancy-related confounders. We conducted sibling analyses to control for unmeasured shared familial (genetic and/or environmental) risk factors. Results Among the 5,807,122 singletons included in the study, 218,322 (3.76%) children were born to mothers with HDP. During the up to 41 years of follow-up, 2,340 (0.04%) offspring were diagnosed with IHD and 5,360 (0.09%) were diagnosed with stroke. Offspring exposed to maternal HDP had an increased risk of IHD (adjusted hazard ratio (aHR), 1.29; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.01–1.63), and stroke (aHR,1.33; 95% CI, 1.14–1.56). Significantly increased rates of stroke were also observed in children exposed to the subtypes of maternal HDP: pre-existing chronic hypertension (aHR, 1.64; 95% CI, 1.03–2.60), gestational hypertension (HR, 1.38; 95% CI, 1.08–1.77), and preeclampsia (HR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.02–1.55). The associations between maternal HDP and offspring's IHD and stroke were independent of preterm birth and small for gestational age at birth. Maternal HDP remained associated with stroke in the offspring (aHR, 1.94; 95% CI, 1.16–3.22), but not with IHD (aHR, 0.89; 95% CI, 0.47–1.67) in the sibling analyses. Conclusion Children to mothers with HDP have increased rates of IHD and stroke from childhood to young adulthood. While the link between maternal HDP and IHD in the offspring seemed to be attributed to confounding by familial factors, the relation between maternal HDP and stroke persisted even when considering such confounding. Persons born to mothers with HDP may benefit from early screening and prevention efforts to reduce the risk of IHD and stroke later in life. FUNDunding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main funding source(s): Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulian H. Kyyak ◽  
Olga Yu. Barnett ◽  
Marta P. Halkevych ◽  
Olha Ye. Labinska ◽  
Hryhoriy Yu. Kyyak ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulian H. Kyyak ◽  
Olga Yu. Barnett ◽  
Marta P. Halkevych ◽  
Olha Ye. Labinska ◽  
Hryhoriy Yu. Kyyak ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-77
Author(s):  
Muhammad Salman Tariq ◽  
Iram Manzoor ◽  
Qurat Ul Ain Zulfi ◽  
Naeem Hussain ◽  
Nimra Saleem ◽  
...  

Background: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is one of the leading causes of mortality in Pakistan. With advancement in research, multiple causes have contributed in development of web of causation of this public health issue. The objective of this study was to assess gender differences in risk factors associated with ischemic heart disease in patients presenting at the biggest cardiology hospital of Lahore. Patients and methods: A comparative cross-sectional study was carried out in Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore from January to August, 2018 on a sample of 296 diagnosed patients of IHD, through non-probability consecutive sampling technique. Data was collected on pretested questionnaire. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 22. Chi-Square test of significance was applied and a p-value ≤0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The mean age of participants was 45±12 years with predominance of male patients (71.3%). Frequency of risk factors for IHD included increase body mass index (83.8%), hypertension (61%), insufficient physical activity (43%), diabetes (38.5%) and smoking (23%). Increase serum cholesterol was reported in 95% and triglycerides in 99% of the participants. Gender difference was significant with females residing in urban population (p=0.054) and exercise routine (p=0.034). Males showed high tendency of IHD with smoking pattern (p<0.001) contrary to presence of diabetes in females (p=0.05), hypertension (p=0.054), BMI (p=0.0379) and stressful event in life (p=0.002). Males showed regular intake of medicines (p =0.045) after diagnosis as compared to female population. Conclusion: There is more frequency of ischemic heart disease in males as compared to females. Significant association was observed with residence in urban area, presence of diabetes, hypertension, high BMI and stressful event in life in occurrence of ischemic heart disease in female population.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2284
Author(s):  
Diana Gurzău ◽  
Alexandra Dădârlat-Pop ◽  
Bogdan Caloian ◽  
Gabriel Cismaru ◽  
Horaţiu Comşa ◽  
...  

Left bundle branch block is not a benign pathology, and its presence requires the identification of a pathological substrate, such as ischemic heart disease. Left bundle branch block appears to be more commonly associated with normal coronary arteries, especially in women. The objectives of our study were to describe the particularities of left bundle branch block in women compared to men with ischemic heart disease. Result: We included seventy patients with left bundle branch block and ischemic heart disease, with a mean age of 67.01 ± 8.89 years. There were no differences in the profile of risk factors, except for smoking and uric acid. The ventricular depolarization (QRS) duration was longer in men than women (136.86 ± 8.32 vs. 132.57 ± 9.19 msec; p = 0.018) and also men were observed to have larger left ventricular diameters. Left bundle branch block duration was directly associated with ventricular diameters and indirectly associated with left ventricular ejection fraction value, especially in women (R = −0.52, p = 0.0012 vs. R = −0.50, p = 0.002). In angiography, 80% of women had normal epicardial arteries compared with 65.7% of men; all these patients presented with microvascular dysfunction. Conclusion: The differences between the sexes were not so obvious in terms of the presence of risk factors; instead, there were differences in electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and angiographic aspects. Left bundle branch block appears to be a marker of microvascular angina and systolic dysfunction, especially in women.


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Imaoka ◽  
N Umemoto ◽  
S Oshima

Abstract Background In clinical setting, ischemic heart disease is a challenging problem in hemodialysis (HD) population. Coronary flow reserve (CFR) measured by 13 ammonia positron emitting tomography (13NH3PET) is an established and reliable modality for detecting coronary artery disease. Furthermore, some prior studies show CFR is an important and independent predictor for cardiovascular event and mortality. On the other hand, HD patients with malnutrition status have poor prognosis. We have reported about the relationship between cardiovascular events and geriatric nutrition risk index (GNRI). Now, we wonder the predictability of combination of CFR and GNRI. Methods and result We collected 438 consecutive HD patients who received 13NH3PET in our hospital suspected for ischemic heart disease. 29 patients were excluded due to undergoing coronary revascularization within 60 days, 103 patients were excluded due to incomplete database. In total, 306 HD patients were classified into 4 group according the median value of CFR (1.99) and GNRI (97.73); Low CFR Low GNRI group (n=77), High CFR and Low GNRI group (n=76), Low CFR High GNRI group (n=78) and High CFR High GNRI group (n=75). We collected their follow up data up to 1544 days (median 833 days) about all-cause mortality and cardiovascular (CV) mortality. Surprisingly, there is no mortality event in High CFR High GNRI group. We analyzed about all-cause mortality, CV mortality. Kaplan-Meyer analysis shows there are statistically intergroup differences in each (all-cause mortality; log rank p&lt;0.01, CV mortality; log rank p=0.02). Furthermore, we calculated area under the curve (AUC) analysis, net reclassification improvement (NRI) and integrated discrimination improvement (IDI)m adding GNRI and CFR on conventional risk factors. There are intergroup differences for all-cause mortality in AUC [conventional risk factors, +GNRI, +GNRI+CFR; 0.70, 0.72 (p=0.29), 0.79 (p&lt;0.01)], NRI [+GNRI; 0.32 (p=0.04), +GNRI+CFR 0.82 (p&lt;0.01)] and IDI [+GNRI; 0.01 (p=0.05), +GNRI+CFR 0.09 (p&lt;0.01)]. Conclusion HD patients with low CFR and malnutrition status has statistically significant poorer prognosis comparing HD patients with high CFR and without malnutrition status. Adding combination of GNRI and CFR on conventional risk factors improves the predictability of HD population's prognosis. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: None


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