Pregnancy Complications Tied to Higher Risk of Death Decades Later

Pregnant people who experienced adverse pregnancy outcomes had up to a 50% increased risk of dying from any cause up to 46 years after giving birth, according to data from a cohort study involving about 2.2 million participants from Sweden who gave birth between 1973 and 2015. Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, cancer, and diabetes were the major specific causes of death linked with adverse pregnancy outcomes.