Importance: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs) are associated with an increased long-term risk of cardiovascular disease, but the risks across different HDP subtypes, particularly those other than preeclampsia, remain unclear.
Objective: To examine whether the risk and distribution of specific cardiovascular outcomes differ across HDP subtypes.
Design, setting, and participants: This nationwide cohort study retrospectively analyzed women with deliveries in South Korea from 2010 to 2018 using the National Health Insurance Service database. HDPs were classified into 5 subtypes: chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, superimposed preeclampsia, preeclampsia/eclampsia, and unspecified hypertension. Events were verified through December 2022. Data were analyzed from June 1 to October 31, 2025.
Exposures: HDPs and their subtypes.
Main outcomes and measures: The primary outcome was a composite of cardiovascular events, including cardiovascular death, heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, and atrial fibrillation. Adjusted hazard ratios (AHRs) were estimated using Cox models accounting for age, cardiovascular comorbidities, demographic, lifestyle, and pregnancy-related factors.
Results: Among 570 843 women (mean [SD] age, 32.7 [4.0] years), 22 876 (4.0%) had HDPs. HDPs were associated with a higher incidence of cardiovascular events compared with women without HDPs (AHR, 1.62; 95% CI, 1.49-1.76; P < .001). The absolute risk increase was approximately 2.10 additional cardiovascular events per 1000 person-years over a median follow-up of 6.5 years (IQR, 4.7-8.7 years; incidence rate, 4.39 vs 2.29 per 1000 person-years). Among those with HDPs, 34.8% had gestational hypertension, 32.4% had preeclampsia or eclampsia, 17.7% had unspecified hypertension, 12.3% had chronic hypertension, and 2.8% had superimposed preeclampsia. All subtypes were independently associated with higher cardiovascular risk, with the highest risk observed in superimposed preeclampsia compared with women without HDPs (AHR, 2.93; 95% CI, 2.15-3.99; P < .001). All subtypes were associated with increased risks of heart failure and stroke, and most subtypes were associated with higher cardiovascular mortality. Unspecified hypertension was associated with myocardial infarction, and chronic hypertension and unspecified hypertension were associated with atrial fibrillation.
Conclusions and relevance: In this cohort study, all HDP subtypes were associated with modest increases in long-term cardiovascular risk, except superimposed preeclampsia, which was associated with a markedly higher risk. These findings suggest that women with superimposed preeclampsia may benefit from closer postpartum cardiovascular surveillance.
Importance: Cross-sectional studies indicate that out-of-pocket (OOP) health care costs strain household finances, but few studies have examined the risk of incurring burdensome health care spending longitudinally among individuals in the US.
Objective: To assess burdensome OOP health care costs (and care foregone due to cost) over a 4-year period.
Design, setting, and participants: In this cohort study, data were analyzed on respondents to the 4-year longitudinal Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys (MEPS), a nationally representative household survey of the US noninstitutionalized population conducted from 2018 to 2022. Analyses were performed from November 2024 to October 2025.
Main outcomes and measures: Primary outcomes included 4 cost-related outcomes: cost burden, defined as individual annual OOP medical spending greater than 10% of family income (>5% for low-income individuals); catastrophic cost burden (CCB) defined as OOP spending greater than 40% of postsubsistence income; foregone care due to cost; and family-level cost burden. Risk was assessed using time-to-event analyses, overall and among subgroups, eg, baseline chronic disease, hospitalization, and uninsurance, and death during the study period.
Results: Among 12 645 MEPS respondents, 74.6% (95% CI, 73.4%-75.8%) were aged 18 years or older and 50.6% (95% CI, 49.7%-51.6%) were female individuals (weighted); among adults, 50.3% (95% CI, 48.6%-52.0%) had a chronic disease, 7.9% (95% CI, 7.2%-8.7%) were hospitalized, and 2.3% (95% CI, 2.0%-2.6%) died. During year 1, 6.5% of adults experienced cost burdens (and 3.5% CCB); 17.4% (and 9.9% CCB) experienced these outcomes (respectively) at least once over 4 years. Overall, 24.7% of US individuals lived in families experiencing cost burdens over 4 years, and 11.2% lived in families experiencing CCBs. Overall, 26.7% of adults experienced either foregone care due to cost or cost burden over 4 years. Lower income, having no insurance, hospitalizations, and chronic disease were each associated with higher cost burden. Overall, 53.2% of decedents experienced cost burdens in 1 to 4 years before death.
Conclusions and relevance: This cohort study found that the US health care system imposes cost burdens on a larger share of the population than suggested by cross-sectional analyses, and most individuals in the US will experience such burdens during their lifetimes. Policies that reduce OOP costs might improve the well-being of individuals in the US.

