Association between Parity, Carotid Plaques, and Intima Media Thickness in Northern Chinese Women

摘要

Pregnancy is always associated with several important physiological changes in women,including sex hormone levels,glycolipid metabolism,and oxidative stress.These changes may have short-term and long-term effects on their cardiovascular system.Parity is the number of times a woman has given birth.Several studies have investigated the association between parity and risk of cardiovascular diseases in women.Prospective studies have shown a fairly low incidence of cardiovascular endpoints for parous women[1].Therefore,it would be meaningful to assess the relationship between parity and other surrogate markers.