To explore whether there are any differences in cardiovascular risk factors, including anthropometrics, blood pressure and serum glucose between women and offspring after pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia or diabetes mellitus, compared to uncomplicated pregnancies.
Longitudinal follow-up of mother and child previously recruited to a pregnancy biobank in Norway.
University hospital.
Women with a history of preeclampsia (n = 23), gestational diabetes mellitus (n = 12), diabetes mellitus type 1 (n = 11), or controls (n = 17), and their respective child were recruited 5-8 years after the index pregnancy.
Anthropometrics and blood pressures were measured in mother and child. All non-diabetic women underwent an oral glucose challenge test.
Body mass index, waist circumference, waist to hip ratio, serum glucose, systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
Women in the preeclampsia and diabetes mellitus groups had a slightly higher median systolic blood pressure (p