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Cardiovascular disease and cancer in women with accreta and retained placenta: a longitudinal cohort study

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Abstract

Purpose

The association between placental detachment disorders and risk of chronic disease is unclear. We determined the association of placenta accreta and retained placenta with risk of future maternal cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Methods

We tracked a longitudinal cohort of 541,051 pregnant women over a period of 13 years (2006–2019) in Quebec, Canada. The main exposure measures were placenta accreta and retained placenta in any pregnancy. Outcomes included future hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease and cancer. Using Cox regression models adjusted for maternal characteristics, we estimated hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association of accreta and retained placenta with cardiovascular disease and cancer at 13 years.

Results

The incidence of cardiovascular hospitalization was 21.2 per 10,000 person-years for accreta and 23.4 per 10,000 for retained placenta with postpartum hemorrhage, compared with 20.3 per 10,000 for neither placental disorder. Cancer incidence followed a similar pattern, with rates highest for retained placenta with hemorrhage. Retained placenta with hemorrhage was associated with 1.19 times the risk of cardiovascular disease (95% CI 1.03–1.38) and 1.27 times the risk of cancer (95% CI 1.06–1.53). Retained placenta with hemorrhage was associated with heart failure (HR 1.84, 95% CI 1.04–3.27), cardiomyopathy (HR 1.88, 95% CI 1.03–3.43), and cervical cancer (HR 2.03, 95% CI 1.17–3.52). Accreta and retained placenta without hemorrhage were not associated with these outcomes.

Conclusion

Retained placenta with hemorrhage may be a risk marker for cardiovascular disease and certain cancers later in life.

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Data availability

The data used to produce study findings can be accessed by submitting a request to the Quebec Statistics Institute (https://statistique.quebec.ca/research/#/accueil).

Code availability

The SAS code used to analyze the data can be made available by the corresponding author (NA) upon reasonable request.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Siyi He for assistance with statistical analysis.

Funding

This study was supported by the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada (G-18–0021776) and Fonds de recherche du Québec-Santé (34695). The sponsors were not involved in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication.

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  1. University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, 900 Saint Denis St., Montreal, QC, H2X 0A9, Canada

    Nathalie Auger, Sophie Marcoux, Jessica Healy-Profitós & Brian J. Potter

  2. Institut national de santé publique du Québec, 190 Cremazie Blvd E, Montreal, QC, H2P 1E2, Canada

    Nathalie Auger, Gilles Paradis, Jessica Healy-Profitós & Shu Qin Wei

  3. Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, 1020 Pine Ave W., Montreal, QC, H3A 1A2, Canada

    Nathalie Auger & Gilles Paradis

  4. Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, C.P. 6l28, Succursale Centre‐ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3J7, Canada

    Nathalie Auger

  5. Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Centre, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Shu Qin Wei

  6. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Brian J. Potter

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Auger: Project development, data management, data analysis, manuscript writing/editing. Marcoux: Manuscript writing/editing. Paradis: Manuscript writing/editing. Healy-Profitós: Data analysis, manuscript writing/editing. Wei: Manuscript writing/editing. Potter: Manuscript writing/editing.

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Auger, N., Marcoux, S., Paradis, G. et al. Cardiovascular disease and cancer in women with accreta and retained placenta: a longitudinal cohort study. Arch Gynecol Obstet 304, 943–950 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-021-06044-4

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