Pregnancy, pregnancy loss, and the risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese women: findings from the China Kadoorie Biobank

Pregnancy, pregnancy loss, and the risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese women: findings from the China Kadoorie Biobank

Abstract Background Pregnancy and pregnancy loss may be linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the evidence is still inconsistent, especially in East Asians, whose reproductive patterns differ importantly from those in the West. We examined the associations of pregnancy, miscarriage, induc...

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Main Authors: Sanne A. E. Peters, Ling Yang, Yu Guo, Yiping Chen, Zheng Bian, Xiaocao Tian, Liang Chang, Shuo Zhang, Jiaqiu Liu, Tao Wang, Junshi Chen, Liming Li, Mark Woodward, Zhengming Chen, on behalf of the China Kadoorie Biobank collaboration group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0912-7

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