TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluating ACC/AHA Blood Pressure Categories for Predicting Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Nulliparous Women
A1  - Patrick O'Connor
A1  - Grace Murphy
A1  - Niamh Walsh
JF  - Interdisciplinary Research in Medical Sciences Specialty
JO  - Interdiscip Res Med Sci Spec
SN  - 3062-4401
Y1  - 2026
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.51847/zUa9tesTq1
SP  - 134
EP  - 144
N2  - The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) updated their blood pressure (BP) criteria in 2017, establishing lower thresholds to identify hypertension in non-pregnant adults. Adoption of these revised standards in pregnant women might allow earlier recognition of individuals at greater risk for complications. This approach holds particular promise for stratifying risk among first-time mothers. The present secondary analysis of the SCOPE cohort evaluated whether these ACC/AHA BP groupings could effectively highlight nulliparous women of standard risk who are predisposed to poorer pregnancy results. Participants were drawn from the international SCOPE cohort and included all pregnancies reaching 20 weeks’ gestation or beyond during the period 2004–2008. The majority of women were White, aged in their twenties, and possessed normal or elevated body mass index (BMI). Cases involving fetal demise prior to 20 weeks or pregnancy termination at any stage were omitted from the dataset.  Classification of participants relied on the maximum BP value observed throughout gestation, applying ACC/AHA definitions: normal (BP 
UR  - https://galaxypub.co/article/evaluating-accaha-blood-pressure-categories-for-predicting-adverse-pregnancy-outcomes-in-nulliparou-bcvgq6tlwhc6tkf
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