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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2019 Feb 22;123(10):1620–1625. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.02.012

Table 6:

Association of Pregnancy Loss with Incident CVD During Follow Up Among Nulliparous Women (n=10,121)

Pregnancy Loss
Yes
(n=1,074)
No
(n=9,047)
Adjusted Hazard Ratio* (95% CI)
Incident Cardiovascular Disease Event 124 (11.6%) 893 (9.9%) 1.04 (0.85-1.28)
 Cardiovascular Death 20 (1.9%) 125 (1.4%) 1.37 (0.84-2.24)
 Myocardial Infarction 30 (2.8%) 268 (3.0%) 0.90 (0.61-1.35)
 Stroke 47 (4.4%) 301 (3.3%) 1.14 (0.81-1.60)
 Pulmonary Embolism 5 (0.5%) 36 (0.4%) 0.99 (0.38-2.58)
 Peripheral Arterial Disease 7 (0.7%) 68 (0.8%) 0.76 (0.34-1.68)
 Coronary Revascularization 58 (5.4%) 329 (3.6%) 1.29 (0.95-1.76)
*

Cox Proportional Hazards regression of incident CVD based upon history of pregnancy loss, adjusted for age at enrollment, race/ethnicity, age at first pregnancy lasting at least six months, clinical trial/observational study status, systolic blood pressure, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, smoking status, body-mass index, income, education, socioeconomic status index, alcohol use, depression, physical activity, and Healthy Eating Index 2005.