Z A Broere-Brown1, S Schalekamp-Timmermans1, A Hofman2, Vwv Jaddoe2,3, Eap Steegers1. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 2. Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 3. Department of Paediatrics, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate fetal sex dependency of maternal vascular adaptation to pregnancy as assessed by uteroplacental vascular resistance and maternal blood pressure. DESIGN: Prospective population-based cohort study. SETTING: Rotterdam, the Netherlands. POPULATION: In total, 8224 liveborn singleton pregnancies were included. METHODS: Maternal vascular adaptation was assessed in all trimesters of pregnancy. Pregnancies were stratified into being either complicated by the placental syndrome (i.e. pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction or preterm birth, n = 1229) or uncomplicated (n = 6995). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: First trimester: blood pressures. Second trimester: blood pressures, pulsatility index of the uterine artery (PI-UtA). Third trimester: blood pressures, PI-UtA, presence of notching in the uterine artery. RESULTS: In women carrying a male fetus PI-UtA was higher than in women with a female fetus in the total group (second trimester P < 0.001, third trimester P = 0.005). Effect estimates differed between women with or without the placental syndrome. In the total group, women with a male fetus more often showed notching in the Doppler resistance pattern (odds ratio 1.42, 95% confidence interval 1.17-1.72). Different blood pressure patterns were observed between pregnant women with a male fetus and pregnant women with a female fetus and between complicated pregnancies and uncomplicated pregnancies. CONCLUSION: Fetal sex is significantly associated with maternal vascular adaptation to pregnancy with differential effects in uncomplicated pregnancies and in pregnancies complicated by the placental syndrome. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT: Fetal sex is significantly associated with maternal vascular adaptation to pregnancy.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate fetal sex dependency of maternal vascular adaptation to pregnancy as assessed by uteroplacental vascular resistance and maternal blood pressure. DESIGN: Prospective population-based cohort study. SETTING: Rotterdam, the Netherlands. POPULATION: In total, 8224 liveborn singleton pregnancies were included. METHODS: Maternal vascular adaptation was assessed in all trimesters of pregnancy. Pregnancies were stratified into being either complicated by the placental syndrome (i.e. pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction or preterm birth, n = 1229) or uncomplicated (n = 6995). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: First trimester: blood pressures. Second trimester: blood pressures, pulsatility index of the uterine artery (PI-UtA). Third trimester: blood pressures, PI-UtA, presence of notching in the uterine artery. RESULTS: In women carrying a male fetus PI-UtA was higher than in women with a female fetus in the total group (second trimester P < 0.001, third trimester P = 0.005). Effect estimates differed between women with or without the placental syndrome. In the total group, women with a male fetus more often showed notching in the Doppler resistance pattern (odds ratio 1.42, 95% confidence interval 1.17-1.72). Different blood pressure patterns were observed between pregnant women with a male fetus and pregnant women with a female fetus and between complicated pregnancies and uncomplicated pregnancies. CONCLUSION: Fetal sex is significantly associated with maternal vascular adaptation to pregnancy with differential effects in uncomplicated pregnancies and in pregnancies complicated by the placental syndrome. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT: Fetal sex is significantly associated with maternal vascular adaptation to pregnancy.
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