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Nature Reviews Endocrinology 1, 76–77 (1 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncpendmet0053

Does pregnancy-induced hypertension increase the risk of developing metabolic syndrome?

Kavitha Ram & Nanette Santoro

Forest J-C et al. (2005) Early occurrence of metabolic syndrome after hypertension in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 105: 1373–1380 Synopsis Background Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH)—the appearance of hypertension after 20 weeks of gestation, without previous symptoms—occurs in about 10% of pregnancies.