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This study aimed to assess the causal effect of blood pressure during pregnancy on a range of pregnancy and perinatal outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We performed two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) to assess the effect of systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP\/DBP) during pregnancy on 16 primary and eight secondary adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes. We obtained genetic association data from large-scale meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies involving predominantly European ancestry individuals for SBP\/DBP (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20091,028,980), and pregnancy and perinatal outcomes (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200974,368\u2013714,899). We used inverse-variance weighted (IVW) MR for main analyses and MR-Egger, weighted median, weighted mode, multivariable MR, and IVW adjusted for fetal genetic effects for sensitivity analyses.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A 10\u00a0mmHg higher genetically predicted maternal SBP increased the odds of gestational diabetes, induction of labour, low birth weight (LBW), small-for-gestational age (SGA), preterm birth (PTB), and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission (OR ranging from 1.11 [95% CI 1.02 to 1.20] for NICU admission to 1.33 [1.26 to 1.41] for LBW); while decreasing the odds of high birth weight (HBW), large-for-gestational age (LGA), and post-term birth [OR ranging from 0.76 (0.69 to 0.83) for HBW to 0.94 (0.90 to 0.99) for post-term birth]. We did not find evidence that genetically predicted higher maternal SBP was related to miscarriage or stillbirth. The results for maternal DBP were similar to the results for SBP. Overall, the main results were consistent across sensitivity analyses accounting for pleiotropic instruments and fetal genetic effects.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Higher maternal blood pressure reduces gestation duration and fetal growth and increases the risks of induction of labour, gestational diabetes, and neonatal intensive care unit admission. This and other emerging evidence highlight the value of interventions aimed at controlling blood pressure in the population to reduce the burden of adverse pregnancy outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12916-025-04548-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,14]],"date-time":"2026-01-14T00:01:58Z","timestamp":1768348918000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Assessing the impact of maternal blood pressure during pregnancy on perinatal health: a wide-angled Mendelian randomization study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Fernanda","family":"Morales-Berstein","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ana","family":"Gon\u00e7alves-Soares","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qian","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nancy","family":"McBride","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tom","family":"Bond","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marwa","family":"Al Arab","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alba","family":"Fern\u00e1ndez-Sanl\u00e9s","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria C.","family":"Magnus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eleanor","family":"Sanderson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emma","family":"Hart","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abigail","family":"Fraser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katherine A.","family":"Birchenall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Deborah A.","family":"Lawlor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gemma L.","family":"Clayton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria-Carolina","family":"Borges","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,14]]},"reference":[{"issue":"12","key":"4548_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"743","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mpmed.2018.09.010","volume":"46","author":"P Prinja","year":"2018","unstructured":"Prinja P, Nelson-Piercy C. 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