Long-Term Outcomes of Diastasis Recti Abdominis in Postpartum Women: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The objective was to investigate whether diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) can cause adverse outcomes for different long-term postpartum women.

Methods: We recruited 437 long-term postpartum women at five different time points (3, 5, 10, 20, and 30 years postpartum respectively). Inter-recti distance (IRD) and linea alba or umbilical hernia were measured by ultrasound.