Life’s Essential 8 in Pregnancy and Time to Incident Cardiometabolic Disease Over 7 Years Follow-Up
Ellen C. Francis, Shalin Patel, Anushka Pande, Alexa Freedman, Lauren Keenan-Devlin, Linda M. Ernst, Emily S. Barrett, Ann Borders, Gregory E. Miller, Shristi Rawal, Amy H. Crockett · 2026
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Ellen C. Francis and colleagues, in a 2026 cohort study, link heart health during pregnancy with later metabolic disease. Pregnancy strains the body and can reveal hidden risk. The team used a modified Life's Essential 8 score, a measure that combines behaviour and clinical factors, for 1,225 pregnancies.
Healthier scores during pregnancy were tied to a significantly longer time before chronic high blood pressure or metabolic conditions were diagnosed. The pattern held even after people with diabetes or blood pressure disorders of pregnancy were removed. Follow-up lasted seven years. The authors argue that scoring heart health in pregnancy may flag latent vulnerability early, when prevention could still change long-term outcomes for mothers.
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| CREATOR | Ellen C. Francis, Shalin Patel, Anushka Pande, Alexa Freedman, Lauren Keenan-Devlin, Linda M. Ernst, Emily S. Barrett, Ann Borders, Gregory E. Miller, Shristi Rawal, Amy H. Crockett |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |