Association between the number of pregnancies and cardiac target organ damages: a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Korean women's chest pain registry (KoROSE)

• Main Authors: Hack-Lyoung Kim (Author), Hyun-Jin Kim (Author), Mina Kim (Author), Sang Min Park (Author), Hyun Ju Yoon (Author), Young Sup Byun (Author), Seong-Mi Park (Author), Mi-Seung Shin (Author), Kyung-Soon Hong (Author), Myung-A Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pregnancy increases long-term cardiovascular risk after childbirth, but the mechanisms are unclear. This study was performed to investigate the association between the number of pregnancies and several cardiac target organ damage (TOD) in middle-aged and elderly women. Methods Us...