Open AccessPregnancy loss and risk of cardiovascular disease: the Nurses’ Health Study II
Author(s) -
Yixin Wang,
Lidia MínguezAlarcón,
Audrey J. Gaskins,
Liang Wang,
Ming Ding,
Stacey A. Missmer,
Janet W. RichEdwards,
Jo Ann E. Manson,
Jorge E. Chavarro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab737
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confounding , confidence interval , stroke (engine) , proportional hazards model , diabetes mellitus , pregnancy , incidence (geometry) , type 2 diabetes , disease , obstetrics , endocrinology , biology , genetics , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering
The aim of this study was to explore the association of pregnancy loss (PL) with the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and examine the extent to which this relation is mediated by subsequent metabolic disorders.