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The association between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and subsequent chronic hypertension is well known, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. To assess the trajectory of risk for developing hypertension following a pregnancy complicated by HDP, investigators studied the health histories of 1,025,000 Danish women with ≥1 live birth or stillbirth between 1978 and 2012. For women with first pregnancy in their 20s, incidence of developing chronic hypertension within the first 10 years after delivery was 14% (with HDP) and 4% (without HDP). Among women with first pregnancy in their 40s, the corresponding incidences were 32% and 11%, respectively. Twofold higher rates of hypertension among women with HDP persisted more than 2…