Parity as predictor of early hypertension during menopausal transition

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 501-507

  Giubertoni, Elisa ^a   Bertelli, Luca ^a   Bartolacelli, Ylenia ^a   Origliani, Giorgia ^a   Modena, Maria G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early hypertension; Menopausal transition; Parity; White women

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLIMACTERIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE RELATED DISORDER; NULLIPARA; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84880987012     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835c1742     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Lee LV, Foody JM. Cardiovascular disease in women. Curr Atheroscler Rep 2008; 10:295-302.
2. Benetos A, Thomas F, Safar ME, Bean KE, Guize L. Should diastolic and systolic blood pressure be considered for cardiovascular risk evaluation: a study in middle-aged men and women. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 37:163-168. (Pubitemid 32051733)
3. Taylor JY, Chambers AN, Funnell B, Wu CY. Effects of parity on blood pressure among African-American women. J Natl Black Nurses Assoc 2008; 19:12-19.
4. Gunderson EP, Chiang V, Lewis CE, Catov J, Quesenberry CP Jr, Sidney S, et al. Long-term blood pressure changes measured from before to after pregnancy relative to nonparous women. Obstet Gynecol 2008; 112:1294-1302.
5. Williams DJ, Vallance PJ, Neild GH, Spencer JA, Imms FJ. Nitric oxide-mediated vasodilation in human pregnancy. Am J Physiol 1997; 272:H748-H752.
6. Nisell H, Hjemdahl P, Linde B. Cardiovascular responses to circulating catecholamines in normal pregnancy and in pregnancy-induced hypertension. Clin Physiol 1985; 5:479-493. (Pubitemid 15237077)
7. Mosca L, Benjamin EJ, Berra K, Bezanson JL, Dolor RJ, Lloyd-Jones DM, et al. Effectiveness-based guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women: 2011 update - a guideline from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2011; 123:1243-1262.
8. Lawlor DA, Emberson JR, Ebrahim S, Whincup PH, Wannamethee SG, Walker M, et al. Is the association between parity and coronary heart disease due to biological effects of pregnancy or adverse lifestyle risk factors associated with child-rearing? Findings from the British Women's Heart and Health Study and the British Regional Heart Study. Circulation 2003; 107:1260-1264. (Pubitemid 36314408)
9. Hardy R, Lawlor DA, Black S, Wadsworth MEJ, Kuh D. Number of children and coronary heart disease risk factors in men and women from a British birth cohort. BJOG 2007; 114:721-730. (Pubitemid 46788643)
10. Ness RB, Kramer RA, Flegal KM. Gravidity, blood pressure, and hypertension among white women in the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Epidemiology 1993; 4:303-309. (Pubitemid 23199707)
11. Lee-Feldstein A, Harburg E, Hauenstein L. Parity and blood pressure among four race-stress groups of females in Detroit. Am J Epidemiol 1980; 111:356-366. (Pubitemid 10184072)
12. Blackburn S. Maternal, fetal & neonatal physiology: a clinical perspective. St Louis: WB Saunders; 2002.
13. Kritz-Silverstein D, Wingard DL, Barrett-Connor E. The relation of reproductive history and parenthood to subsequent hypertension. Am J Epidemiol 1989; 130:399-403. (Pubitemid 19204310)
14. Lao XQ, Thomas GN, Jiang CQ, Zhang WS, Yin P, Schooling M, et al. Parity and the metabolic syndrome in older Chinese women: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2006; 65:460-469. (Pubitemid 44414269)
15. Erem C, Hacihasanoglu A, Kocak M, Deger O, Topbas M. Prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension and associated risk factors among Turkish adults: Trabzon Hypertension Study. J Public Health (Oxf) 2009; 31:47-58.
16. Wood D, De Backer G, Faergeman O, Graham I, Mancia G, Pyörälä K. Prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice: recommendations of the Second Joint Task Force of European and other Societies on Coronary Prevention. Atherosclerosis 1998; 140:199-270. (Pubitemid 28535317)
17. 1993 guidelines for the management of mild hypertension. Memorandum from a World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension meeting. Guidelines Subcommittee of the WHO/ISH Mild Hypertension Liaison Committee. Hypertension 1993; 22:392-403.
18. Chalmers J, MacMahon S, Mancia G, Whitworth J, Beilin L, Hansson L, et al. 1999 World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the management of hypertension. Guidelines sub-committee of the World Health Organization. Clin Exp Hypertens 1999; 21:1009-1060. (Pubitemid 29325497)
19. Mancia G, Agabiti Rosei E, Cifkova R, DeBacker G, Erdine S, Fagard R, et al. 2003 European Society of Hypertension-European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension. J Hypertens 2003; 21:1011-1053.
20. Mancia G, De Backer G, Dominiczak A, Cifkova R, Fagard R, Germano G, et al. 2007 Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension. Eur Heart J 2007; 28:1462-1536. (Pubitemid 47351115)
21. Report of a WHO Scientific Group. Research on the menopause in the 1990s. World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser 1996; 866:1-107.
22. Harlow SD, Gass M, Hall JE, Lobo R, Maki P, Rebar RW, et al. Executive summary of the Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop +10: addressing the unfinished agenda of staging reproductive aging. Climacteric 2012; 15:105-114.
23. Diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care 2010; 33 (Suppl 1):S62-S69.
24. Standards of medical care in diabetes-2011. Diabetes Care 2011; 34 (suppl 1):S11-S61.
25. Einhorn D, Reaven GM, Cobin RH, Ford E, Ganda OP, Handelsman Y, et al. American College of Endocrinology position statement on the insulin resistance syndrome. Endocr Pract 2003; 9:237-252.
26. Dhawan V, Brookes ZLS, Kaufman S. Long-term effects of repeated pregnancies (multiparity) on blood pressure regulation. Cardiovasc Res 2004; 64:179-186. (Pubitemid 39208935)
27. Reckelhoff JF. Age-related changes in renal hemodynamics in female rats: role of multiple pregnancy and NO. Am J Physiol 1997; 272:R1985-R1989. (Pubitemid 27306266)
28. Gunderson EP, Jacobs DR Jr, Chiang V, Lewis CE, Tsai A, Quesenberry CP Jr, et al. Childbearing is associated with higher incidence of the metabolic syndrome among women of reproductive age controlling for measurements before pregnancy: the CARDIA study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009; 201:177e1-177e9.
29. Humphries KH, Westendorp ICD, Bots ML, Spinelli JJ, Carere RG, Hofman A, et al. Parity and carotid artery atherosclerosis in elderly women. Stroke 2001; 32:2259-2264. (Pubitemid 32954791)
30. Coylewright M, Reckelhoff JF, Ouyang P. Menopause and hypertension: an age-old debate. Hypertension 2008; 51:952-959. (Pubitemid 351398967)
31. Perk J, Backer GD, Gohlke H, Graham I, Reiner Ž, Verschuren M, et al. European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (version 2012) The Fifth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (constituted by representatives of nine societies and by invited experts) Developed with the special contribution of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation (EACPR). Eur Heart J 2012; 33:1635-1701.
32. Stramba-Badiale M. Red alert on women's hearts: women and cardiovascular research in Europe. European Society of Cardiology; 2009.