An American study published in the Journal of the american heart association reveals that women who had their first pregnancy before the age of 20 had a much higher risk of long-term cardiovascular disease than women who became mothers later.
Pregnancy as a marker of cardiac risk?
For this study, Prof Pirkle of the University of Hawaii and his team examined data from 1,047 women aged 65 and 74 living in Albania, Brazil, Canada and Colombia. After reaching the age of their first pregnancy, they measured their risk for cardiovascular disease using the Framingham Risk Score (FRS), a calculator that prevents the occurrence of coronary events at age 10. This enabled them to determine that the early pregnancies increased heart risk in women.
“Adolescent childbirth may serve as a marker of cardiovascular disease risk. These women who were pregnant before age 20 may benefit from earlier and increased cardiovascular screening to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular events.” emphasize the researchers.
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