Table 1.
Incidence rates of cardiovascular disease according to maternal characteristics, diseases, pregnancy complications, and neonatal characteristics.
| Characteristics | Cardiovascular disease |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of children | Child years of follow-up | No. of cases | Rate/10,000 child-years | |
| Total | 2,826,424 | 44,998,488 | 4165 | 0.93 |
| Maternal age (years) | ||||
| ≤19 | 50,742 | 945,717 | 122 | 1.29 |
| 20-24 | 435,878 | 7,905,304 | 916 | 1.16 |
| 25-29 | 940,269 | 15,700,955 | 1477 | 0.94 |
| 30-34 | 902,787 | 13,562,978 | 1129 | 0.83 |
| ≥35 | 496,748 | 6,883,535 | 521 | 0.76 |
| Country of birth | ||||
| Sweden | 2,265,164 | 37,843,155 | 3578 | 0.95 |
| Other Nordic | 64,550 | 1,159,506 | 134 | 1.16 |
| Non-Nordic | 487,574 | 5,807,485 | 433 | 0.75 |
| Data missing | 9136 | 188,343 | 20 | 1.06 |
| Education (years) | ||||
| ≤9 | 246,702 | 3,925,771 | 469 | 1.19 |
| 10-11 | 520,233 | 10,955,467 | 1260 | 1.15 |
| 12 | 654,376 | 9,595,169 | 829 | 0.86 |
| 13-14 | 425,865 | 7,011,984 | 649 | 0.93 |
| ≥15 | 962,931 | 13,413,417 | 949 | 0.71 |
| Data missing | 16,317 | 96,680 | 9 | 0.93 |
| Mother cohabits with partner | ||||
| Yes | 2,514,982 | 39,957,151 | 3636 | 0.91 |
| No | 151,230 | 2,240,591 | 260 | 1.16 |
| Data missing | 160,212 | 2,800,746 | 269 | 0.96 |
| Parity | ||||
| 1 | 1,198,376 | 18,808,403 | 1757 | 0.93 |
| 2 | 1,041,805 | 16,494,123 | 1469 | 0.89 |
| 3 | 408,402 | 6,764,827 | 650 | 0.96 |
| ≥4 | 177,841 | 2,931,136 | 289 | 0.99 |
| Maternal height (cm) | ||||
| ≤159 | 359,187 | 5,434,147 | 478 | 0.88 |
| 160-164 | 702,170 | 11,082,436 | 947 | 0.85 |
| 165-169 | 807,985 | 12,870,507 | 1182 | 0.92 |
| ≥170 | 864,247 | 13,503,061 | 1277 | 0.95 |
| Data missing | 92,835 | 2,108,336 | 281 | 1.33 |
| Maternal BMI | ||||
| <18.5 | 64,028 | 1,044,039 | 106 | 1.02 |
| 18.5–24.9 | 1,430,040 | 21,368,154 | 1748 | 0.82 |
| 25–29.9 | 550,104 | 7,411,448 | 601 | 0.81 |
| 30–34.9 | 172,766 | 2,113,357 | 165 | 0.78 |
| ≥35 | 67,078 | 752,534 | 71 | 0.94 |
| Missing | 542,408 | 12,308,957 | 1474 | 1.20 |
| Smoking | ||||
| No | 2,369,137 | 35,821,350 | 3004 | 0.84 |
| Yes | 337,738 | 7,014,114 | 939 | 1.34 |
| Data missing | 119,549 | 2,163,024 | 222 | 1.03 |
| Diabetic disease | ||||
| No | 2,788,210 | 44,468,162 | 4116 | 0.93 |
| Gestational diabetes | 28,053 | 379,656 | 35 | 0.92 |
| Pregestational diabetes | 10,161 | 150,670 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Hypertensive disease | ||||
| No | 2,748,541 | 43,781,740 | 4046 | 0.92 |
| Pregestational hypertension | 16,026 | 240,165 | 19 | 0.79 |
| Preeclampsia | 61,857 | 976,583 | 100 | 1.02 |
| Maternal cardiovascular disorder | ||||
| No | 2,818,642 | 44,917,964 | 4161 | 0.93 |
| Yes | 7782 | 80,524 | <5a | 0.50 |
| Paternal cardiovascular disorder | ||||
| No | 2,809,921 | 44,819,569 | 4150 | 0.93 |
| Yes | 16,503 | 178,920 | 15 | 0.84 |
| Year of delivery | ||||
| 1988–1994 | 714,929 | 19,541,321 | 2701 | 1.38 |
| 1995–1999 | 390,366 | 8,554,402 | 697 | 0.81 |
| 2000–2004 | 395,486 | 6,726,206 | 369 | 0.55 |
| 2005–2009 | 445,271 | 5,431,249 | 207 | 0.38 |
| 2010–2014 | 480,899 | 3,553,335 | 144 | 0.41 |
| 2015–2018 | 399,473 | 1,191,975 | 47 | 0.39 |
| Mode of delivery | ||||
| Vaginal non-instrumental | 2,015,675 | 29,563,825 | 2231 | 0.75 |
| Vaginal instrumental | 176,451 | 2,575,146 | 224 | 0.87 |
| Elective cesarean section | 167,806 | 2,148,110 | 174 | 0.81 |
| Emergency cesarean section | 167,989 | 2,223,178 | 180 | 0.81 |
| Data missing | 298,503 | 8,488,230 | 1356 | 1.60 |
| Newborn's sex | ||||
| Male | 1,437,462 | 22,960,545 | 2672 | 1.16 |
| Female | 1,388,962 | 22,037,943 | 1493 | 0.68 |
| Birth weight for gestational age (percentiles) | ||||
| <3 | 36,862 | 626,964 | 87 | 1.39 |
| 3 to <10 | 132,672 | 2,122,394 | 234 | 1.10 |
| 10 to 90 | 2,313,611 | 36,727,078 | 3302 | 0.90 |
| >90 to 97 | 239,976 | 3,867,116 | 364 | 0.94 |
| >97 | 98,068 | 1,563,940 | 164 | 1.05 |
| Data missing | 5235 | 90,996 | 14 | 1.54 |
Term singleton non-malformed live births in Sweden, 1988–2018.
Exact count <5 is suppressed for confidentiality reasons.