A new study has found that Bariatric surgery efficiently reduces risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnant women. The disorders mainly comprise gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and eclampsia.

Wendy L. Bennett, M. D., M. P. H., assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine said that these disorders can cause chronic diseases in the mother as well as her child.

"Can we prevent the development of these disorders in pregnancy with bariatric surgery? These findings suggest the answer may be ‘yes’”, said Bennett.

The research team analyzed five years of data collected from Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance records. They scrutinized 585 women who had delivered a baby and undergone the Bariatric surgery as well.

Out of the 585 chosen women, 269 women had delivered their babies after having undergone the weight-loss surgery while and 316 had undergone the surgery before getting pregnant.

The research team observed that among those women who had got the surgery done before their pregnancy, the risk of preeclampsia and eclampsia reduced by 80%, along with a 74% drop in the risk of gestational hypertension and 61% reduction in chronic hypertension risk.