Table 2

Risk of developing obstructive coronary artery stenosis among women with versus without a history of pre-eclampsia, January 2002 to March 2020

Exposure groupNumber of women with obstructive coronary artery stenosis (incidence rate per 10 000 person-years, 95% CI)Unadjusted HR (95% CI)Adjusted HR (95% CI)*Fully adjusted HR (95% CI)†
Women without pre-eclampsia (n=1 359 122)1237 (0.97, 0.92 to 1.03)1.00 (referent)1.00 (referent)1.00 (referent)
Women with pre-eclampsia (n=42 252)186 (4.53, 3.91 to 5.23)4.41 (3.78 to 5.14)2.75 (2.31 to 3.26)2.07 (1.77 to 2.43)
  • The time zero index date starts 42 days after the index birth hospitalisation discharge date.

  • *Adjusted for maternal age, parity, neighbourhood income quintile (1 or missing, 2, 3, 4, 5), residence (rural, urban or missing) at the time of the index delivery, as well as diabetes mellitus, chronic hypertension, renal disease, illicit drug/tobacco use and dyslipidaemia within 365 days preceding the index date.

  • †Further adjusted for time-varying diabetes mellitus, chronic hypertension, renal disease, drug dependence or tobacco use, and dyslipidaemia—each arising at time zero onwards, up to the day before the coronary angiography.