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Routine blood tests during pregnancy for predicting future increases in risk of cardiovascular morbidity
Author(s) -
Yuval BarAsher Shira,
Shefer Alexander,
ShohamVardi Ilana,
Sergienko Ruslan,
Wolak Arik,
Sheiner Eyal,
Wolak Talya
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/ijgo.12592
Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , hazard ratio , confidence interval , creatinine , pregnancy , obstetrics , blood test , blood urea nitrogen , genetics , biology
Objective To examine the association between routine blood tests during pregnancy and future risk of cardiovascular morbidity. Methods The present case–control study was conducted among women who delivered at a teaching hospital in Israel between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2012. The cohort comprised women who were subsequently hospitalized owing to cardiovascular morbidity (case group) and age‐matched non‐hospitalized women (control group). Blood levels of creatinine, glucose, potassium, urea, and uric acid were measured during pregnancy. Only women with at least one test result available for all five measurements were included. The relationship between upper quartile blood test values and cardiovascular hospitalization was assessed. Results The study included 4115 women (212 in the case group and 3903 in the control group). Three measures were associated with a future risk of cardiovascular morbidity requiring hospitalization: creatinine (hazard ratio [ HR ] 1.86, 95% confidence interval [ CI ] 1.37–2.53; P <0.001); potassium ( HR 1.48, 95% CI 1.09–2.01; P =0.013), and urea ( HR 1.60, 95% CI 1.17–2.19; P =0.003). The number of blood test results in the upper quartile also increased such risk. The HR s for two tests and at least three tests were 1.65 (95% CI 1.06–2.56; P =0.026) and 3.32 (95% CI 2.19–5.04; P <0.001), respectively. Conclusions Future cardiovascular morbidity was predicted by routine blood tests during pregnancy.