Association Between a Woman's Age at First Birth and High Blood Pressure

The aim of this article is to determine whether the age of a woman at first birth is associated with treatment for high blood pressure (HBP) later in life. Baseline data for 62,914 women were sourced from the “45 and Up Study,” an observational cohort study of healthy aging in Australia. These women had given first birth between the ages of 18 and 45 years. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the association between age that a woman...