Open AccessPreterm Delivery and Later Maternal Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Author(s) -
Janet M. Catov,
Anne B. Newman,
James M. Roberts,
Sheryl F. Kelsey,
Kim Sutton-Tyrrell,
Tamara B. Harris,
Lisa H. Colbert,
Susan M. Rubin,
Suzanne Satterfield,
Roberta B. Ness
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e3181567f96
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , pregnancy , obstetrics , confounding , preeclampsia , birth weight , low birth weight , confidence interval , pediatrics , genetics , biology
Women who have delivered a preterm infant are at elevated risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but mechanisms for this association are not understood.