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Type: Journal article
Title: Prepregnancy dietary patterns and risk of developing hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
Author: Schoenaker, D.
Soedamah-Muthu, S.
Callaway, L.
Mishra, G.
Citation: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2015; 102(1):94-101
Publisher: American Society for Clinical Nutrition
Issue Date: 2015
ISSN: 0002-9165
1938-3207
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Danielle AJM Schoenaker, Sabita S Soedamah-Muthu, Leonie K Callaway, and Gita D Mishra
Abstract: Background: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs), including gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia, are common obstetric complications associated with adverse health outcomes for the mother and child. It remains unclear how dietary intake can influence HDP risk. Objective: We investigated associations between prepregnancy dietary patterns and risk of HDPs. Design: We selected 3582 women participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, which is an observational population-based study. Women were not pregnant at baseline in 2003 and reported at least one live birth between 2003 and 2012. Diet was assessed by using a validated 101-item food-frequency questionnaire in 2003, and factor analysis was used to identify dietary patterns. HDPs were assessed by using the question, "Were you diagnosed or treated for hypertension during pregnancy?" Generalized estimating equation models were used to estimate RRs (95% CIs) adjusted for dietary, reproductive, sociodemographic, and lifestyle factors. Results: During 9 y of follow-up of 3582 women, 305 women (8.5%) reported a first diagnosis of HDPs in 6149 pregnancies. We identified 4 dietary patterns labeled as meat, high-fat, and sugar; Mediterranean-style; fruit and low-fat dairy; and cooked vegetables. In the adjusted model, the meat, high-fat, and sugar, fruit and low-fat dairy, and cooked vegetable dietary patterns were not associated with HDP risk. The Mediterranean-style dietary pattern (characterized by vegetables, legumes, nuts, tofu, rice, pasta, rye bread, red wine, and fish) was inversely associated with risk of developing HDPs (quartile 4 compared with quartile 1: RR, 0.58; 95% CI, 0.42, 0.81). Conclusions: In this population-based study of Australian women, we observed an independent protective dose-response association between prepregnancy consumption of a Mediterranean-style dietary pattern and HDP risk. Additional studies are recommended to confirm our findings by prospectively examining whether the implementation of the Mediterranean-style dietary pattern before pregnancy has a role in the prevention of HDPs.
Keywords: Dietary patterns; hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; nutrition; pregnancy; diet; Mediterranean diet
Description: First published online June 3, 2015
Rights: © 2015 American Society for Nutrition
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.102475
Grant ID: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT120100812
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.114.102475
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