title: Association of Female Reproductive Factors with Hypertension, Diabetes and LQTc in Chinese Women.
abstract: The association of female reproductive factors (FRFs) with cardiovascular risk factors among different population was variable and inconsistent. The objective of this study was to examine the association between FRFs and hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), and long heart-rate-corrected QT interval (LQTc) in Chinese post-menopausal women (Post-MW). A total of 8046 Post-MW from the China Chaoshan Biobank Cohort Study were included for analysis. Logistic regression and general linear regression models were used to estimate the association between FRFs and hypertension, DM, and LQTc. Compared with women with 0 or 1 live birth, increasing risk of hypertension (odds ratio [OR], 1.51; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.16-1.96), DM (OR, 1.65; 95% CI, 1.22-2.22), and LQTc (OR, 1.45; 95% CI, 1.01-2.09) were observed in women who had five or more live births. Further analysis demonstrated that the association between parity and hypertension, DM, and LQTc was mediated by lifestyle and dyslipidemia. Women with more live births had increased body mass index and waist circumstance, and were inclined to consume more salty food, animal fat, and alcohol, but less meat, vegetable, fish, plant oil, and tea, compared with that had fewer live births (all P < 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong Province, China.|Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong Province, China.
authors.forename: Bayi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong Province, China.
authors.forename: Yequn
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong Province, China.
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong Province, China.
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou 515041, Guangdong Province, China.
authors.forename: Xuerui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008019:Life Style; D050498:Live Birth / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors