Title: Myocardial Infarction in Women After Childbirth<br/>Author: Semhar Tewelde<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/352/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p>
<u><strong>Myocardial Infarction in Women After Childbirth</strong></u></p>
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World Health Organization reports that obesity is the 5<sup>th</sup> leading cause of global death with the highest impact on women <65 years of age</p>
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The association of obesity and cardiovascular risk in young women is currently being researched</p>
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A recent nationwide cohort looking at obesity and future cardiovascular risk looked at Danish women giving birth (2004-2009) and followed them a median time of 4.5 years</p>
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This study grouped women via pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI)</p>
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1. Underweight (BMI <18.5) </p>
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2. Normal weight (BMI <25)</p>
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3. Overweight (BMI <30)</p>
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4. Obese (BMI<strong> ></strong>30)</p>
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Data revealed that healthy women of fertile age, pre-pregnancy obesity alone was associated with increased risk of myocardial infarction in the years after childbirth</p>
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Schmiegelow M, Andersson C, Kober L, et al. Prepregnancy Obesity and Associations With Stroke and Myocardial Infarction in Women in the Years After Childbirth. Circulation 2014;129:330-337. </p>
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