Ellen Boakye1, Garima Sharma1, S Michelle Ogunwole2, Sammy Zakaria3, Arthur J Vaught4, Yaa Adoma Kwapong5, Xiumei Hong5, Yuelong Ji5, Laxmi Mehta6, Andreea A Creanga7,5,8, Michael J Blaha1, Roger S Blumenthal1, Khurram Nasir9, Xiaobin Wang5. 1. Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases (E.B., G.S., M.J.B., R.S.B.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 2. Division of General Internal Medicine (S.M.O.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 3. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine (S.Z.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 4. Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics (A.J.V.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 5. Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health (Y.A.K., X.H., Y.J., A.A.C., X.W.), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. 6. Division of Cardiology, Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus (L.M.). 7. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (A.A.C.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 8. Department of International Health (A.A.C.), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. 9. Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist Hospital and DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Center for Outcomes Research, TX (K.N.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Preeclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in the United States. It disproportionately affects non-Hispanic Black (NHB) women, but little is known about how preeclampsia and other cardiovascular disease risk factors vary among different subpopulations of NHB women in the United States. We investigated the prevalence of preeclampsia by nativity (US born versus foreign born) and duration of US residence among NHB women. METHODS: We analyzed cross-sectional data from the Boston Birth Cohort (1998-2016), with a focus on NHB women. We performed multivariable logistic regression to investigate associations between preeclampsia, nativity, and duration of US residence after controlling for potential confounders. RESULTS: Of 2697 NHB women, 40.5% were foreign born. Relative to them, US-born NHB women were younger, in higher percentage current smokers, had higher prevalence of obesity (body mass index ≥30 kg/m2) and maternal stress, but lower educational level. The age-adjusted prevalence of preeclampsia was 12.4% and 9.1% among US-born and foreign-born women, respectively. When further categorized by duration of US residence, the prevalence of all studied cardiovascular disease risk factors except for diabetes was lower among foreign-born NHB women with <10 versus ≥10 years of US residence. Additionally, the odds of preeclampsia in foreign-born NHB women with duration of US residence <10 years was 37% lower than in US-born NHB women. In contrast, the odds of preeclampsia in foreign-born NHB women with duration of US residence ≥10 years was not significantly different from that of US-born NHB women after adjusting for potential confounders. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of preeclampsia and other cardiovascular disease risk factors is lower in foreign-born than in US-born NHB women. The healthy immigrant effect, which typically results in health advantages for foreign-born women, appears to wane with longer duration of US residence (≥10 years). Further research is needed to better understand these associations.
BACKGROUND: Preeclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in the United States. It disproportionately affects non-Hispanic Black (NHB) women, but little is known about how preeclampsia and other cardiovascular disease risk factors vary among different subpopulations of NHB women in the United States. We investigated the prevalence of preeclampsia by nativity (US born versus foreign born) and duration of US residence among NHB women. METHODS: We analyzed cross-sectional data from the Boston Birth Cohort (1998-2016), with a focus on NHB women. We performed multivariable logistic regression to investigate associations between preeclampsia, nativity, and duration of US residence after controlling for potential confounders. RESULTS: Of 2697 NHB women, 40.5% were foreign born. Relative to them, US-born NHB women were younger, in higher percentage current smokers, had higher prevalence of obesity (body mass index ≥30 kg/m2) and maternal stress, but lower educational level. The age-adjusted prevalence of preeclampsia was 12.4% and 9.1% among US-born and foreign-born women, respectively. When further categorized by duration of US residence, the prevalence of all studied cardiovascular disease risk factors except for diabetes was lower among foreign-born NHB women with <10 versus ≥10 years of US residence. Additionally, the odds of preeclampsia in foreign-born NHB women with duration of US residence <10 years was 37% lower than in US-born NHB women. In contrast, the odds of preeclampsia in foreign-born NHB women with duration of US residence ≥10 years was not significantly different from that of US-born NHB women after adjusting for potential confounders. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of preeclampsia and other cardiovascular disease risk factors is lower in foreign-born than in US-born NHB women. The healthy immigrant effect, which typically results in health advantages for foreign-born women, appears to wane with longer duration of US residence (≥10 years). Further research is needed to better understand these associations.
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body mass index; cardiovascular diseases; preeclampsia; prevalence; risk factors
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