Blood pressure of young mothers and their children after hypertension in adolescent pregnancy: six- to nine-year follow-up. Am J Epidemiol 1982 Jun;115(6):861-7
Date
06/01/1982Pubmed ID
7091144DOI
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113373Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0019990311 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 17 CitationsAbstract
To determine if gestational hypertension during adolescent pregnancy is associated with subsequently elevated blood pressure, blood pressures were measured in young mothers 3-6 years and again at 6-9 years after their first pregnancy. Follow-up study groups were selected from an original study population of 409 pregnant adolescent women followed at the university of Kentucky Medical Center between 1971 and 1974 in a specially designated Young Mothers' Program. Blood pressures measured during the first and second follow-up surveys were highly correlated. Compared to matched control subjects who remained normotensive throughout pregnancy (n = 54), women with a history of hypertension during pregnancy (n = 70) were heavier, maintained higher blood pressure, and had a greater incidence of hypertension in subsequent pregnancies. At the second follow-up survey, systolic blood pressure and body weight of male children born to women who experienced gestational hypertension were greater than respective values in males born to women with normotensive pregnancies. Blood pressures of female children of the two groups of young mothers did not differ. Overall, blood pressures and body weights of young mothers correlated with blood pressures and body weights of both their children and their own mothers. The results suggest that gestational hypertension may unmask a tendency for hypertension.
Author List
Kotchen JM, McKean HE, Kotchen TAMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentAdult
Body Weight
Child
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hypertension
Kentucky
Male
Pre-Eclampsia
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular
Pregnancy in Adolescence
