PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Fatma Aykas AU - Yalcin Solak AU - Abdulsamet Erden AU - Kadir Bulut AU - Selcuk Dogan AU - Bahadır Sarli AU - Gokhan Acmaz AU - Baris Afsar AU - Dimitrie Siriopol AU - Adrian Covic AU - Shailendra Sharma AU - Richard J. Johnson AU - Mehmet Kanbay TI - Persistence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women With Previous Preeclampsia AID - 10.1097/JIM.0000000000000189 DP - 2015 Apr 01 TA - Journal of Investigative Medicine PG - 641--645 VI - 63 IP - 4 4099 - http://hw-f5-jim.highwire.org/content/63/4/641.short 4100 - http://hw-f5-jim.highwire.org/content/63/4/641.full SO - J Investig Med2015 Apr 01; 63 AB - Background Preeclampsia is a cardiovascular (CV) disease risk factor, and lifestyle modifications are recommended. It was suggested that preeclampsia may increase the prevalence of various CV disease risk factors such as metabolic syndrome, hypertension, insulin resistance, microalbuminuria, and endothelial dysfunction, among others. Here, we investigate the role of serum uric acid in preeclampsia in the development of CV complications.Materials and Methods This was an observational case-control study that compared women with history of preeclampsia (n = 25) with age-matched controls with uncomplicated pregnancies (n = 20) who were followed for at least 5 years. Measurements included clinical and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, ultrasound-measured flow-mediated dilatation (FMD), microalbuminuria, carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and serum uric acid, as well as clinical and demographic features. Cardiovascular disease risk factors were compared in women with and without previous preeclampsia.Results At the time of index gestation, preeclamptic women had higher serum uric acid values (4.36 ± 0.61 vs 2.27 ± 0.38 mg/dL, P < 0.001). Five years after pregnancy, the patients who had preeclampsia were more likely to have hypertension and had higher serum uric acid levels, higher microalbuminuria and CIMT levels, and lower FMD values than did the patients who did not have preeclampsia. The 2 groups were similar with regard to various ambulatory blood pressure parameters. Univariate associates of FMD were history of preeclampsia and the current hypertension status. Microalbuminuria correlated with gestational uric acid levels (coefficient of correlation of 0.40, P = 0.01 for FMD and coefficient of correlation of 0.37, P = 0.01 for CIMT, respectively).Conclusions Preeclampsia might be a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular risk factors at least 5 years after index pregnancy. Serum uric acid and microalbuminuria may be mechanistic mediators of heightened risk, along with impaired endothelial function in preeclampsia.