Women with blood pressure levels in a range considered clinically normal during pregnancy but no mid-pregnancy drop in blood ...

This study recruited women from areas in the U.S. with relatively severe problems with MA and described patterns of MA use during pregnancy. On average, in this sample of 191 MA-using pregnant women, ...

When used in conjunction with other risk factors, the 6 distinct blood pressure patterns were able to accurately predict and stratify risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy regardless of race or ...

Gestational hypertension has been recognized as one of the leading causes of maternal death worldwide. A recent Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases study discusses the patterns of ...

Objective: To examine the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and the development of smoking behaviour patterns among young adult offspring. Method: Data were from the ...

Women with blood pressure levels in a range considered clinically normal during pregnancy but no mid-pregnancy drop in blood pressure face an increased risk of developing hypertension in the five ...

There was substantial heterogeneity with respect to individual MA use patterns among women in the sample. As shown in Table 2, 29.3% of women were classified as consistently high users, a smaller ...

Rapid weight gain in the first and final months of a pregnancy may play a key role in the development of excess fat tissue in children and adolescents -- at least if those children are girls, ...