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Pregnancy complications increase and unmask short- and long-term cardiovascular risk for people with obesity
NIH-supported research provides broader understanding of how cardiovascular disease risk manifests following pregnancy.
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Body Mass Index, Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
There was heterogeneity across APO subtypes in their association with postpartum CVD risk factors and mediation of the association between early pregnancy obesity and pos …
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