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Repeat Antenatal Steroid Exposure and Later Blood Pressure, Arterial Stiffness, and Metabolic Profile
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology. Karolinska Institute.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7824-0536
2013 (English)In: Journal of Pediatrics, ISSN 0022-3476, E-ISSN 1097-6833, Vol. 163, no 3, p. 711-716Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Objective To determine the relationship between repeat courses of antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adolescents and young adults. Study design We assessed body mass index, blood pressure, arterial stiffness, blood lipids, and insulin resistance (IR) in a Swedish population-based cohort (n = 100) at a median age of 18 (range 14-26) years. Fifty-eight subjects (36 males) had been exposed to 2-9 weekly courses of antenatal betamethasone and 42 (23 males) were unexposed subjects matched for age, sex, and gestational age (GA). Results There were no significant differences between the groups regarding body mass index, systolic or diastolic blood pressures, arterial stiffness measured by augmentation index, blood lipids, IR, or morning cortisol levels either in simple regression or in multivariable models. However, more subjects with elevated augmentation index had been exposed to repeat courses of ACS (n = 7) compared with unexposed subjects (n = 1, P = .06), and glucose, insulin, and IR correlated inversely to GA at start of ACS (P < .01). Conclusions Repeat courses of ACS did not correlate to adverse cardiovascular risk profile in adolescence and young adulthood, but long-standing effects on the arterial tree and glucose metabolism, the latter dependent on GA at ACS exposure, cannot be excluded. These observations have clinical implications for the ongoing discussion on short-term benefits and long-term safety of repeat ACS treatment.

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2013. Vol. 163, no 3, p. 711-716
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-94580DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.03.074ISI: 000323985300023OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-94580DiVA, id: diva2:654990
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Swedish Research Council, 5925
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Available from: 2013-10-09 Created: 2013-10-07 Last updated: 2022-02-24Bibliographically approved

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