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Blood pressure and angiogenic markers in pregnancy: contributors to pregnancy-induced hypertension and offspring cardiovascular risk

Item Type:Article
Title:Blood pressure and angiogenic markers in pregnancy: contributors to pregnancy-induced hypertension and offspring cardiovascular risk
Creators Name:Birukov, A.. and Herse, F. and Nielsen, J.H. and Kyhl, H.B. and Golic, M. and Kräker, K. and Haase, N. and Busjahn, A. and Bruun, S. and Jensen, B.L. and Müller, D.N. and Jensen, T.K. and Christesen, H.T. and Andersen, M.S. and Jørgensen, J.S. and Dechend, R. and Andersen, L.B.
Abstract:Pregnancy-induced hypertension is a severe pregnancy complication, increasing risk of long-term cardiovascular disease in mothers and offspring. We hypothesized that maternal blood pressure in pregnancy associated with offspring blood pressure; that the associations were sex-specific; and that maternal circulating placental angiogenic markers (PlGF [placental growth factor] and sFlt-1 [soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1]) mediated this relationship. We analyzed data from 2434 women and 2217 children from the Odense Child Cohort, a prospective Danish cohort study. Offspring blood pressure trajectory from 4 months to 5 years was highly associated to maternal first, second, and third trimester blood pressure, and mean blood pressure in pregnancy, independent of maternal and offspring covariates. There were offspring sex-specific associations: Girls from mothers in the highest quartile of first and third trimester blood pressure had significantly higher systolic blood pressure at 5 years than the rest of the cohort (mean difference±SEM: 1.81±0.59 and 2.11±0.59 mm Hg, respectively, all P<0.01); whereas boys had significantly higher diastolic blood pressure at 5 years (mean difference±SEM: 1.11±0.45 and 1.03±0.45, respectively, all P<0.05). Concentrations of PlGF at gestational week 28 correlated inversely to maternal gestational blood pressure trajectory, independent of the diagnosis of pregnancy-induced hypertension, adjusted β coefficients (95% CI) for predicting systolic blood pressure (SBP): -3.18 (-4.66 to -1.70) mm Hg, for predicting diastolic blood pressure (DBP): -2.48 (-3.57 to -1.40) mm Hg. In conclusion, maternal gestational blood pressure predicted offspring blood pressure trajectory until 5 years in a sex-differential manner. Furthermore, subtle alterations in blood pressure in early pregnancy preceded hypertension or preeclampsia, and PlGF was a mediator of cardiovascular health in pregnancy.
Keywords:Blood Pressure, Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced, Placenta, Pre-Eclampsia, Pregnancy
Source:Hypertension
ISSN:0194-911X
Publisher:American Heart Association
Volume:76
Number:3
Page Range:901-909
Date:September 2020
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.13966
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