There is a lot of talk about the consequences of a preterm birth on the baby's health, but not so much on the mother's. Today we know a study that tells us about the effects on cardiovascular health in women who have given birth to their first baby before week 37.
To do this, scientists from the University of Pittsburgh collected data on the births of 446 women aged approximately 80 years.
The results of the research, published in the latest edition of the renowned journal Epidemiology, reveal that they presented increased risks of developing long-term cardiovascular disease mothers who had premature babies in their youth.
Women who had had a premature birth were twice as likely as others to develop cardiovascular disease while the risks increased to three times in those who had premature babies and low birth weight.
Like many of the studies that we usually present in the blog, this is a trigger that finds a cause-effect on which they should deepen in future research, that is, it does not establish a conclusive relationship between premature birth and cardiovascular diseases in old age, but it does serve as a wake-up call for mothers of premature babies to be more controlled in the elderly.
