Women? showing the early signs of heart disease face a greater risk of suffering a life-threatening condition in pregnancy, researchers said yesterday.
Two studies published in the British Medical Journal examined the links between pre-eclampsia and heart disease.
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The findings revealed the two conditions may share the same, as-yet unknown, cause.
Pre-eclampsia is a dangerous condition for both mother and child which leads to abnormally high blood pressure during the second half of pregnancy. It affects about 5 per cent of mothers in their first pregnancy.
In the latest research, a team from Norway studied almost 4,000 women and looked at heart disease risk factors including high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels before pregnancy. Of these women, almost 4 per cent developed pre-eclampsia during pregnancy.
