Search for dissertations about: "Helena Salonen Ros"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Helena Salonen Ros.

2. 1. Preeclampsia and other circulatory diseases during pregnancy : etiological aspects and impact on female offspring

   Author : Helena Salonen Ros; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : preeclampsia; gestational hypertension; pregnancy-induced hypertension; risk factors; heritability; twin study; venous thrombosis; pulmonary embolism; subarachnoid hemorrhage; intracerebral hemorrhage; intracerebral infarction; stroke; intrauterine exposure;

   Abstract : The aims of this thesis were to investigate and compare environmental effects on the liability of developing preeclampsia and gestational hypertension; to estimate the relative importance of genetic and environmental effects on the liability of developing preeclampsia and gestational hypertension; to assess the effect of childbearing on the risk of circulatory diseases; and to explore the effect of preeclampsia on the female offspring anthropometry in early adulthood. We used the Swedish Birth Register to compare the effect of maternal diabetes, multiple birth, smoking, place of birth and obesity, on the liability of developing preeclampsia and gestational hypertension among 10,666 primiparous women. READ MORE