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Article: Drop in HDL cholesterol seen after childbirth.(10-Year Follow-Up Study)
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- OB GYN News
- Article date:
- August 1, 2003
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MIAMI BEACH -- Childbearing was associated with a significant decrease in HDL cholesterol levels in a 10-year follow-up study of almost 2,000 black and white women.
A first birth was associated with a persistent decline in HDL cholesterol to the same degree in women of both races. The declines were not primarily mediated by weight gain, central adiposity, or changes in behavior associated with childbearing, said Erica P. Gunderson, Ph.D.
"We might propose that changes in endocrine milieu, insulin resistance, or other factors of body fat distribution after a first birth may affect HDL cholesterol levels in women of reproductive age," she said at a ...