Gestational diabetes mellitus and subsequent cardiovascular disease in a period of rising diagnoses: Cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Evidence suggests that gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with subsequent cardiovascular disease; however, it is unclear what impact changes in screening and diagnostic criteria have had on the association of GDM with long-term outcomes such as cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between GDM and subsequent cardiovascular disease during a period of rising gestational diabetes diagnosis in England. Specifically, associations were compared before and after 2008, when national guidelines supporting risk factor-based screening were introduced.

Material and methods

We conducted a cohort study using routinely collected data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink linked to the Hospital Episode Statistic

SUBMITTER: Mehrabadi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11782068 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature