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Assessing the impact of maternal blood pressure during pregnancy on perinatal health: A wide-angled Mendelian randomization study
AL Arab, M., Birchenall, K. A. et al.
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What we learned (1 of 3). The researchers found differences in the health status and hospital access of women with and without disabilities. A few examples include: Women with IDD, psychiatric disabilities, and multiple disabilities were more likely to live in lower income ZIP codes (beside is a graphic of a family gathered in a home with a dollar sign attached and a downward facing arrow. Except for women who had hearing disabilities, women with all types were more likely to have high blood pressure, compared to nondisabled women (beside is a heart with a heartbeat line). Women with any disability had higher rates of deliveries in urban teaching hospitals compared to women without disabilities (beside is a collection of buildings.) This information is important. It helps us understand how systemic, hospital, and personal factors can impact risk of SMM (warning sign icon beside).
What we learned (2 of 3). Women with disabilities had a significantly higher risk of SMM compared to nondisabled women. Out of 10,000 deliveries observed in the data, 396 disabled women experienced SMM, compared to 177 nondisabled women. In the middle, there is a bar graph showing the (177) data for nondisabled and (396) for disabled. Disabled women were also more likely to experience heart and breathing complications than nondisabled women (beside it is a graphic showing lungs).
What we learned (3 of 3). The risk of SMM varies by disability type. Not all women with disabilities experienced the same risk for SMM. Among women with different disabilities, women who were blind and women with physical disabilities had the highest risk of SMM compared to women without disabilities. Below, is a graphic of a woman with visual disabilities holding her guide dog and a white cane beside a woman with physical disabilities sitting at a table writing and drinking tea.
Many women with disabilities can and do have healthy pregnancies and deliveries. However, further research and increased awareness of the risks pregnant women with disabilities may experience are needed to improve health outcomes. It also invites readers to read SMM brief online, using a QR code, along with the author's name, Madeline Crowley.
that investigates if the risk for SMM varied for women with different types of disabilities compared to nondisabled women.
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