Serum cholesterol decline and depression in the postpartum period

Dam, van Rm; Schuit, Albertine J.; Schouten, E.G.; Vader, HL Huib; Pop, V J

doi:10.1016/s0022-3999(98)00100-7

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“…Similarly, a significant association between mood state and the serum cholesterol levels on the third day postpartum have been found (Nasta et al, 2002). In a longitudinal study of 266 women, however, the rapidity of cholesterol decline had no effect on the risk of developing postpartum depression in the first few weeks after delivery (van-Dam et al, 1999). It should be stressed that the first studies only lasted 3 to 4 days postpartum and considered only a depression score and did not include the diagnosis of postpartum depression as in the latter study.…”

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“…It should be stressed that the first studies only lasted 3 to 4 days postpartum and considered only a depression score and did not include the diagnosis of postpartum depression as in the latter study. Thus, the more decisive study performed by Van Dam et al (1999) showed that the rapid serum cholesterol decline has no major effect on the incidence of depression in the postpartum period. Based on the above results, we do not think that serum total cholesterol is a major predisposing factor either towards ''endogenous'' depression (Maes et al, 1994a or to ''postpartum'' depression.…”

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Lowered serum n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) levels predict the occurrence of postpartum depression: Further evidence that lowered n-PUFAs are related to major depression

Vriese¹,

Christophe²,

2003

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Lowered serum n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) levels predict the occurrence of postpartum depression: Further evidence that lowered n-PUFAs are related to major depression

Vriese¹,

Christophe²,

2003

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“…Two other studies with pregnant or post-partum women assessed depression and TC over time, but their procedures departed too much to aggregate them with the rest. Plockinger et al [25] found that both TC and depression decreased after delivery, while in van Dam et al [26], there was no relationship between TC decline and depression in the post-partum period-leading to no clear conclusions. Further examination of changes in depression and lipid levels over time would be very informative.…”

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Are Cholesterol and Depression Inversely Related? A Meta-analysis of the Association Between Two Cardiac Risk Factors

2008

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“…Besides, several articles have shown that as early as 6 to 7 weeks serum lipid levels rapidly decrease to normal values. 31,32 Therefore, it is unlikely that the differences between groups have confounded importantly by a difference in follow-up time. The exception would be the number of intervening pregnancies that was lower in the early-onset preeclampsia group.…”

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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors After Early-Onset Preeclampsia, Late-Onset Preeclampsia, and Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension

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C ardiovascular disease (CVD) has gained interest in obstetrics in recent years because large observational studies revealed a remarkable increase in the long-term risk of CVD in women who experienced different types of gestational hypertensive disorders.1-3 These include pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) and preeclampsia, which affect 2% to 7% of all pregnancies worldwide. 4A review by Bellamy et al 1 showed an increase of the postpartum risk of CVD events according to the severity of the hypertensive pregnancy disorder, with the highest risk in women who experienced early-onset preeclampsia. Women with a normal pregnancy have an advantage according to these results, but still develop CVD later in life. Currently, it is not possible to identify individual women who have the highest risk in developing CVD. In recent years, other studies did reveal that common modifiable risk factors such as fasting blood glucose and lipid levels are significantly elevated 6 months after a pregnancy complicated by early-onset preeclampsia .5-8 The dose-response relationship with the severity of a hypertensive pregnancy disorder and future CVD suggest that the differences in long-term CVD risk between women with a history of a hypertensive pregnancy may be dependent on variation in the underlying maternal CVD risk profiles. However, studies that compare cardiovascular risk factors between women with a previous pregnancy complicated by early-onset preeclampsia, late-onset preeclampsia, or PIH within the same population are lacking.In this study, we compare CVD risk profiles ≥3 months postpartum between women with previous early-onset preeclampsia, term preeclampsia and term gestational hypertension. We hypothesize that there is a difference in the prevalence of modifiable CVD risk factors postpartum between women with a history of a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy. Identification of women at high risk of CVD at a relatively young age may provide an opportunity for early personalized follow-up and prevention.Abstract-Observational studies have shown an increased lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women who experienced a hypertensive disorder in pregnancy. This risk is related to the severity of the pregnancy-related hypertensive disease and gestational age at onset. However, it has not been investigated whether these differences in CVD risk factors are already present at postpartum cardiovascular screening. We evaluated postpartum differences in CVD risk factors in 3 subgroups of patients with a history of hypertensive pregnancy. We compared the prevalence of common CVD risk factors postpartum among 448 women with previous early-onset preeclampsia, 76 women with previous late-onset preeclampsia, and 224 women with previous pregnancy-induced hypertension. Women with previous early-onset preeclampsia were compared with women with late-onset preeclampsia and pregnancy-induced hypertension and had significantly higher fasting blood glucose (5.29 versus 4.80 and 4.83 mmol/L), insulin (9.12 versus 6.31 and 6.7 uIU/L), ...

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Serum cholesterol decline and depression in the postpartum period

Cited by 20 publications

References 17 publications

Lowered serum n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) levels predict the occurrence of postpartum depression: Further evidence that lowered n-PUFAs are related to major depression

Lowered serum n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) levels predict the occurrence of postpartum depression: Further evidence that lowered n-PUFAs are related to major depression

Are Cholesterol and Depression Inversely Related? A Meta-analysis of the Association Between Two Cardiac Risk Factors

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors After Early-Onset Preeclampsia, Late-Onset Preeclampsia, and Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension

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