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108 | Part 3 Lifestyle intervention CONCLUSION
Cardiovascular risk factors do not fully explain the risk of cardiovascular disease after preeclampsia. The gap between estimated and observed odds- ratios may be explained by an additive risk of cardiovascular disease by preeclampsia. Furthermore, lifestyle interventions after preeclampsia seem effective in decreasing cardiovascular risk.
Further studies should focus on the effects of post-preeclamptic lifestyle interventions on cardiovascular risk and cardiovascular risk factors. Preferably, follow-up would last for 10 to 30 years. This would eliminate the necessity to make the above-mentioned assumptions in our model.
Since we found an additive effect of preeclampsia on future cardiovascular disease, possible prevention of preeclampsia by preconception or early- pregnancy lifestyle modification is of even greater importance.