The risk of abortion, premature delivery, chromosomal abnormalities in the baby or hypertension during pregnancy are some of the risks when it occurs after 40 years. Now, a study suggests that Women who become pregnant at age 40 or later will be more likely to suffer a stroke or heart attack later in his life.
We know that the biological clock is also advancing for men, but without a doubt this issue in the mother is where the passing of the years is going to be most noticed. This does not mean that among those who become pregnant at an earlier age everything will go perfectly smoothly or that after 40 the problems inevitably accumulate.
This new study has recently been presented in Los Angeles, at the International Stroke Conference 2016, organized by the American Stroke Association. Its authors consider it an important finding, and the truth is that maternity is increasingly delayed.
The study examined data from more than 72,000 women aged 50 to 79 enrolled in the "Women's Health Initiative of Advanced Age" study. Just over 3,300 women had had pregnancies at an advanced age. The researchers compared their stroke rates, myocardial infarction and cardiovascular death in the next 12 years with those of women who became pregnant at an earlier age.
They found that, compared to younger pregnant women, pregnancies 40 years and later raised the risk of ischemic stroke, specifically from 2.4% to 3.8%. The probability of having a heart attack also increased slightly for women who became pregnant beyond the age of 40, from 2.5% to 3%.
Women who became pregnant later had a 3.9% risk of cardiovascular mortality compared to 2.3% of women whose pregnancy happened earlier in their life.
The director of the study, Adnan Qureshi, of the Qureshi Zeenat Institute on Stroke in St. Cloud, Minnesota, indicates that more studies would be needed to provide the underlying biological basis, knowing what women who suffered these accidents have in common (apart from having been mothers after 40 years) ... and thus be able to manage these risks.
It is known that women who become pregnant later in life have a higher risk of developing hypertension and diabetes during pregnancy, could this increase the chances of having a heart attack? Or would it be the same stress caused in the cardiovascular system, higher in older women?
As we see, the link between late pregnancies and the risk of cardiovascular accidents It is a relatively new issue in the medical community, there are many doubts and more research is necessary.
