According to a recent study, young women with unhealthy lipid levels in their blood would be more likely to have one child, or no children at all.
Aleksandra Pirnat of the University of Bergen, Norway, and her colleagues studied women enrolled in two large databases: the Medical Register of Norway and the Norwegian Cohort, which include information on how to life and health of people residing between 1994 and 2003. 19659003]
Of the 4,322 women participating in the study, 2,157 had two or more children, 488 had one child, and 1,677 had no children.
Researchers found that childless women and single mothers differed from women. with several children significantly. They tended to be older and heavier, and they were more likely to have diabetes and to smoke. They also had fewer years of education and were more likely than women of at least two children to use in vitro fertilization to get pregnant.
Even after taking into account these factors and other factors, women with two or more children Blood tests for lipids generally measure levels of "good" HDL cholesterol, "bad" LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol. and triglycerides. Unhealthy levels are one of the major controllable risk factors for heart disease and stroke, according to the American Heart Association. The AHA warns that in people with other risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure or diabetes, high levels of lipids further increase the risk of heart disease and stroke. Stroke
