Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Premature Cardiovascular Disease in a Diverse Cohort of Young US Women

In a diverse, national sample of young US women, HDP were a significant marker of premature CVD risk, even in the absence of prepregnancy cardiometabolic risk factors. Integrating pregnancy complications into CVD risk stratification and promoting cardiometabolic health before, during, and after pregnancy may reduce the growing burden of early-onset CVD among women.