Postpartum weight retention and cardiovascular risk

Authors

  • Calixto Orozco Muñoz Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz. Villa Clara, Cuba.
  • Nélida L. Sarasa Muñoz Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz. Villa Clara, Cuba.
  • Oscar Cañizares Luna Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz. Villa Clara, Cuba.
  • Danay Hernández Díaz Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz. Villa Clara, Cuba.
  • Yanet Limas Pérez Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz. Villa Clara, Cuba.
  • Beatriz Machado Díaz Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz. Villa Clara, Cuba.

Abstract

Introduction: Pregnancy has been considered a risk period of excessive weight gain leading to postpartum weight retention in the short, medium and long terms and therefore to woman´s obesity with significant health risks.
Objective: To determine relationships of the pre-pregnancy nutritional state and gestational weight gain with postpartum weight retention as a cardiovascular risk factor.
Method: Cross-sectional study in 29 women, apparently healthy, with postpartum weight retention by the year.
Results: There were found average values of pre-pregnancy body mass index increased in 1.9 kg/m2 by the postpartum year, an average weight gain of gestational retention of 18.8 kg and weight retention of 11.3 kg; 34.5% of pregnant women found to be pre-hypertensive and 20.7%, hyperreactive. The waist/height index showed statistically significant differences.
Conclusions: Weight gain above the recommended has a positive relationship with postpartum weight retention, but states of pre-hypertension and vascular hyperreactivity appear to be associated with this retention. The waist/height index was the most effective indicator of cardiovascular risk.

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Published

2016-04-13

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Orozco Muñoz C, Sarasa Muñoz NL, Cañizares Luna O, Hernández Díaz D, Limas Pérez Y, Machado Díaz B. Postpartum weight retention and cardiovascular risk. CorSalud [Internet]. 2016 Apr. 13 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];8(2):94-101. Available from: https://revcorsalud.sld.cu/index.php/cors/article/view/105

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2016)

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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