The Risk of Pregnancy Related Hypertension Disorder Associated with Sickle Cell Trait in U.S. Service Women.

CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study indicate that being SCT positive is a risk factor for PRHD and provides evidence that SCT status may have an adverse effect on reproductive health. Future research needs to include other known risk factors for PRHD to include gravity and parity history, BMI, past history of PRHD prior to enlistment as well as to examine the association with maternal/child pregnancy outcomes. PMID: 31247087 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Military Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Mil Med Source Type: research