A recent 2025 reports that women under 50 with a history of pregnancy complications face a higher risk of ischemic stroke. Conditions such as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes, preterm birth, small-for-gestational-age infants, stillbirth, and miscarriage were more common among stroke patients than those without . The risk was especially elevated for strokes linked to large artery disease in women with prior hypertensive disorders, preterm births or small-for-gestational-age deliveries.