Assessing the impact of maternal blood pressure during pregnancy on perinatal health: a wide-angled Mendelian randomization study
Higher maternal blood pressure reduces gestation duration and fetal growth and increases the risks of induction of labour, gestational diabetes, and neonatal intensive care unit admission. This and other emerging evidence highlight the value of interventions aimed at controlling blood pressure in the population to reduce the burden of adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Authors
- Fernanda Morales Berstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8237-2021)
- Q. Yang
- Eleanor Sanderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5188-5775)
- Tom A. Bond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9298-6860)
- Katherine Birchenall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7261-4832)
- Nancy McBride (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4439-4710)
- Marwa Al Arab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7514-1551)
- Alba Fernández‐Sanlés (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3587-8177)
- Ana Goncalves-Soares
- Abigail Fraser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6117-3472)
- E. J. Hart
- Gemma Clayton
- Maria C. Magnus
- Deborah A. Lawlor
Institutions
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- National Health and Family Planning Commission (CN)
- At Bristol (GB)
- Ruijin Hospital (CN)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Faculty (United Kingdom) (GB)
- NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- St Michael's Hospital (GB)
- St Michael’s Hospital (GB)
- St Michaels Hospital (GB)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04548-3
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 82.21