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Cardiometabolic health after first pregnancy: Associations with social determinants of health. A nuMoM2b-HHS study
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article
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Subject
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
Epidemiology
Public Health
Health Sciences
Reproductive Medicine
Cardiovascular
Prevention
Nutrition
Clinical Research
Heart Disease
Metabolic and endocrine
Reproductive health and childbirth
Good Health and Well Being
NICHD nuMoM2b
NHLBI nuMoM2b Heart Health Study Networks
Diabetes mellitus
Hypertension
Metabolic syndrome
Obesity
Pregnancy
Social determinants of health
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Abstract
Study objectiveThis study sought to evaluate the associations between social determinants of health (SDOH) at the time of first pregnancy and subsequent cardiometabolic health, defined as the development of metabolic syndrome.DesignnuMoM2b-HHS (Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study- Monitoring Mothers-to-Be-Heart Health Study) is an ongoing prospective cohort study.SettingEight academic medical centers enrolled and continue to follow participants.Participants4484 participants followed a mean of 3.2 years from the time of their first pregnancy.InterventionsN/a.Main outcome measureUnadjusted and adjusted Poisson regression models with robust standard errors were used to obtain relative risks and 95% confidence intervals estimating the risk of metabolic syndrome for each baseline SDOH. In secondary analyses we examined the associations between SDOH and incident hypertension, obesity, and diabetes mellitus.ResultsMetabolic syndrome developed in 13.6% of participants. Higher socioeconomic position at the time of pregnancy was associated with lower rates of metabolic syndrome [income > 200% poverty level aRR 0.55 (95% CI, 0.42-0.71), attainment of a bachelor's degree aRR 0.62 (0.46-0.84) or higher aRR 0.50 (0.35-0.71)], while being single [aRR 1.45 (95% CI, 1.18-1.77)] and having low health literacy were associated with a greater risk of metabolic syndrome [aRR 1.98 (95% CI, 1.28-3.07)].ConclusionsOver a short interval following first pregnancy, participants accumulated high proportions of cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome, with some risk associated with SDOH. The impact of interventions addressing SDOH in pregnant people on cardiometabolic health should be tested as a means of reducing health inequities at the population level.