Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Mozaffarian

Benjamin

et al.

Heart disease and stroke statistics – 2015 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2015; 131: e29–e322.

et al.

Major causes of death among men and women in China. N Engl J Med 2005; 353: 1124–1134.

Appelman

van Rijn

ten Haaf

et al.

Sex differences in cardiovascular risk factors and disease prevention. Atherosclerosis 2015; 241: 211–218.

Sanghavi

Kulinski

Ayers

et al.

Association between number of live births and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis: the Dallas Heart Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2016; 23: 391–399.

Shen

et al.

Parity and risk of coronary heart disease in middle-aged and older Chinese women. Sci Rep 2015; 5: 16834–16834.

Mosca

Benjamin

Berra

et al.

Effectiveness-based guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women – 2011 update: a guideline from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2011; 123: 1243–1262.

Glisic

Shahzad

Tsoli

et al.

Association between progestin-only contraceptive use and cardiometabolic outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2018; 25: 1042–1052.

Rebholz

Jones

Burke

et al.

Multiparity leads to obesity and inflammation in mothers and obesity in male offspring. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012; 302: E449–E457.

Colditz

Willett

Stampfer

et al.

A prospective study of age at menarche, parity, age at first birth, and coronary heart disease in women. Am J Epidemiol 1987; 126: 861–870.

10.

Li W, Ruan W, Lu Z, et al. Parity and risk of maternal cardiovascular disease: A dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2019; 26: 592–602.

11.

Chung

Kim

Usen

. Associations between parity, obesity, and cardiovascular risk factors among middle-aged women. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2016; 25: 818–825.

12.

Fraser

Nelson

Macdonald-Wallis

et al.

Associations of pregnancy complications with calculated cardiovascular disease risk and cardiovascular risk factors in middle age: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Circulation 2012; 125: 1367–1380.

13.

Magnus

Iliodromiti

Lawlor

et al.

Number of offspring and cardiovascular disease risk in men and women: the role of shared lifestyle characteristics. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 2017; 28: 880–888.

14.

Durazo EM, de Baca TC, Slopen N, et al. Parity, job strain, and cardiovascular risk in the Women's Health Study. Curr Cardiovasc Risk 2018; 12: 1–7.

More children,more happiness? Fewer and better births,a happy life: The relationship of parity and maternal cardiovascular disease risk

Abstract

Get full access to this article

References