Predictors of Cardiometabolic Health a Few Months Postpartum in Women Who Had Developed Gestational Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assess the incidence of dysglycaemia and metabolic syndrome and factors associated with them 5 months postpartum in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in their last pregnancy.

Methods

We conducted an observational prospective cohort study in 558 women with previous GDM who attended a 5-month postpartum follow-up clinic. Backward elimination was performed to select significant factors for the multivariable logistic regression model. Dysglycaemia (prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2D)) and metabolic syndrome were used as outcomes in separate models.

Results

Dysglycaemia was diagnosed in 202 (36.2%) women, including 174 (31.2%) with prediabetes and 28 (5.0%) with T2D. Women with dysglycaemia, compared with those with normoglycaemia, were more li

SUBMITTER: Gomez Fernandez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11820877 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature