Comparative Risks of Cerebrovascular and Heart Disease in Women with Infertility: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Infertility is linked to lifelong stroke and heart disease risk, warranting heart screening in women's reproductive health care.
This retrospective cohort study demonstrates infertility is associated with substantially elevated long-term stroke and coronary artery disease risk in women, independent of traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Findings support incorporating infertility history into women's cardiovascular risk assessment protocols and suggest shared pathophysiology between reproductive failure and cardiovascular disease.
What the study was
- Study design
- Retrospective cohort study
- Population
- Women with diagnosed infertility compared to fertile women in an administrative database
- Category
- Public Health
- Maturity
- Exploratory
- Journal
- International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Why it surfaced
Novel CV risk data in infertile women; infertility as an underrecognized cardiovascular risk marker may expand screening criteria for women in reproductive medicine.
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