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dc.contributor.author | Esseme, Benedict P. Taa Nguimbis | |
dc.contributor.author | Mbondji, Ebongue | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-04T06:49:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-04T06:49:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-12-16 | |
dc.description | S1 File. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy assessment questionnaire original. | en_ZA |
dc.description | S2 File. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy assessment questionnaire French. | en_ZA |
dc.description | S3 File. Study data. | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND : Positive associations have been found between Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and cardiovascular diseases within non-African populations, no data exist from sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to assess this association in Cameroonian mothers. METHODS : We used a case-control study. Cases were women diagnosed with any arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease between 2012 and 2017 at two major hospitals of Yaounde´ . Controls were mothers of children who sought pediatric care at the Gyneco-obstetric hospital of Yaounde´ , with no diagnosis of cardiovascular disease. We abstracted data from patient files to assess cardiovascular disease and used phone-based questionnaires to assess a prior history of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. We used logistic regression and propensity scores for data analysis. RESULTS : Out of 1228 individuals selected, 173 cases and 339 controls participated in the study. We found no increased risk of cardiovascular diseases for women with a history of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (OR = 0.83, 95% CI, 0.51 to 1.34). Women with gestational hypertension had 2.33 (95% CI, 0.99 to 5.50) times the risk of women with no history of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, an inverse association was observed between preeclampsia and cardiovascular diseases (OR = 0.28, 95% CI, 0.10 to 0.72). CONCLUSIONS : Cameroonian women with a history of gestational hypertension may have a higher risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, population-based studies with more accurate data on the exposure are needed. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2020 | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.plosone.org | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Taa Nguimbis Esseme BP, Mbondji E (2019) Association between cardiovascular diseases and pregnancy-induced hypertensive disorders in a population of Cameroonian women at Yaounde´: A case-control study. PLoS ONE 14 (12): e0225591. https://DOI.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225591. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1371/journal.pone.0225591 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/74449 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2019 Taa Nguimbis Esseme, Mbondji. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Cameroonian women | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Gestational hypertension | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Higher risk | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Cardiovascular diseases | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Preeclampsia | en_ZA |
dc.title | Association between cardiovascular diseases and pregnancy-induced hypertensive disorders in a population of Cameroonian women at Yaounde | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |