Adverse pregnancy outcomes and risk of type 2 diabetes in postmenopausal women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although gestational diabetes mellitus and delivering high-birthweight infants are known to predict a higher risk of future type 2 diabetes mellitus, the association of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and other adverse pregnancy outcomes with type 2 diabetes mellitus is not well established.

Objective

This study aimed to examine the associations between different types of adverse pregnancy outcomes and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus among postmenopausal women.

Study design

The Women's Health Initiative, a nationwide cohort of postmenopausal women, collected self-reported history of adverse pregnancy outcomes, including gestational diabetes mellitus, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, preterm birth, and delivering low- birthweight (<2500 g) or high-

SUBMITTER: Zhu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10803644 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature