Childbirth May Cut Women's Heart Disease Risk
Nov-30-2011

Women who give birth to four or more children may have a slightly lower risk of dying from heart disease later in life compared to women who have no children, new research shows.
Past studies examining the impact of childbirth history on postmenopausal heart disease and stroke risk have been mixed, with some suggesting a higher risk for death from heart attack and stroke associated with pregnancy and childbirth and other studies finding the opposite.
In this study, researchers followed middle-aged, middle-class women living in Southern California for two decades in an effort to assess the impact of childbirth on later heart risk.
About half of the women died during the follow-up, and close to have of these women died of heart-related ailments or stroke.
Those who had given birth to four children or more were significantly less likely to die of heart disease or stroke than women who had not delivered children, even after accounting for the impact of other risk factors.

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