title: Ten-year, thirty-year, and lifetime cardiovascular disease risk estimates following a pregnancy complicated by preeclampsia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To calculate the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk estimates for women following a pregnancy with or without preeclampsia.
  
  
  METHODS
  We calculated 10-year, 30-year, and lifetime CVD risk estimates at one year postpartum for women recruited into the Pre-Eclampsia New Emerging Team's prospective cohort.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Complete CVD risk screening data were obtained from 118 control women and 99 preeclamptic women. A total of 18.2% of preeclamptic women and 1.7% of control women had a high 10-year risk (OR 13.08; 95% CI 3.38 to 85.5), 31.3% of preeclamptic women and 5.1% of control women had a high 30-year risk (OR 8.43; 95% CI 3.48 to 23.23), and 41.4% of preeclamptic women and 17.8% of control women had a high lifetime risk for CVD (OR 3.25; 95% CI 1.76 to 6.11).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The association of preeclampsia with the future development of CVD makes pregnancy an early window of opportunity for the preservation of health and prevention of CVD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston ON; Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston ON.
authors.forename: Graeme N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston ON; Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Kingston ON.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pudwell
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON.
authors.forename: Shi-Wu
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Wen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids