A new study reveals that bariatric surgery can reduce the risk of hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, including gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia.
"We have long known that women who have these blood pressure disorders are not only at an increased risk for pregnancy complications in themselves and their babies, but also for chronic diseases in the future," says Wendy L. Bennett, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Bennett and her colleagues looked at five years of data from insurance records to determine whether bariatric surgery could prevent the development of these disorders. Researchers examined the records of 585 women: 269 who delivered babies before having bariatric surgery, and 316 who had the surgery before becoming pregnant. More than 80 percent of the women chose gastric bypass over other types of weight-loss surgery.
Researchers found an 80 percent reduction in the risk of preeclampsia and eclampsia among women who had weight-loss surgery before becoming pregnant, as well as a 74 percent reduction in the risk of gestational hypertension and a 61 percent reduction in the risk of chronic hypertension in pregnancy.
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Big, Beautiful, and Pregnant: Expert Advice and Comforting Wisdom for the Expecting Plus-Size Woman, by Cornelia van der Ziel M.D. and Jacqueline Tourville
Your Plus-Size Pregnancy: The Ultimate Guide for the Full-Figured Expectant Mom, by Brette McWhorter Sember and Dr. Bruce D. Rodgers
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