Gestational diabetes and the risk of cardiovascular disease in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Caroline K KramerSara CampbellChang YePublished in: Diabetologia (2019)
The diagnosis of GDM identifies young women who have a twofold higher risk of cardiovascular events postpartum compared with their peers. This risk is not dependent upon intercurrent type 2 diabetes and is apparent within the first decade after pregnancy. Thus, even without progressing to type 2 diabetes, women with GDM comprise an at-risk population for CVD and hence a potential opportunity for early risk factor surveillance and risk modification.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular events
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- pregnancy outcomes
- coronary artery disease
- glycemic control
- risk factors
- public health
- insulin resistance
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- magnetic resonance imaging
- preterm birth
- pregnant women
- magnetic resonance
- risk assessment
- skeletal muscle
- climate change
- human health