front |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 |10 |11 |12 |13 |14 |15 |16 |17 |18 |19 |20 |21 |22 |23 |24 |25 |26 |27 |28 |29 |review

Preeclampsia is a common complication of pregnancy, is associated with hyperlipidemia and insulin resistance, and is a predictor of future essential hypertension. Among young Colorado women, the risk of preeclampsia decreased with increasing gestational age in a dose-dependent fashion. Also, women born in the lowest weight category (under 4.5 lbs) were at greatest risk for preeclampsia (OR.= 5.2; 95% CI = 1.2-21.5) relative to women born at 8.5 lbs or more. However, in contrast to the Norwegian gestational diabetes data, there was no trend by birth weight categories.