Associations between adverse pregnancy outcomes and cognitive impairment and dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Eliza C Miller, Patrick Conley, Mohammad Alirezaei, Katrin Wolfova, Mitzi M Gonzales, Zaldy S Tan, Sarah E Tom, Lynn M Yee, Adam M Brickman, Natalie A Bello · 2024

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Eliza Miller and co-authors review whether problem pregnancies predict later dementia in a 2024 combined analysis. People with adverse pregnancy outcomes face higher risk of blood vessel disease in the brain. Whether they also face more cognitive impairment and dementia was less clear, though data were growing.

The team synthesized studies on parous women linking pregnancy complications with later mild impairment and dementia. Combining the evidence helps separate a real signal from scattered findings. If the link holds, a woman's pregnancy history could become part of her long-term brain health record and screening plans.

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CREATOREliza C Miller, Patrick Conley, Mohammad Alirezaei, Katrin Wolfova, Mitzi M Gonzales, Zaldy S Tan, Sarah E Tom, Lynn M Yee, Adam M Brickman, Natalie A Bello
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE31 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11726346

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