Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Association between ambient temperature and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy in China

  • Tao Xiong,
  • Peiran Chen,
  • Yi Mu,
  • Xiaohong Li,
  • Baofeng Di,
  • Jierui Li,
  • Yi Qu,
  • Jun Tang,
  • Juan Liang,
  • Dezhi Mu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16775-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are prevalent perinatal diseases. Here the authors report an association between ambient temperature before or after conception and risk of preeclampsia or eclampsia and gestational hypertension.