Long-Term Adherence to Modifiable Factors and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Among Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women with prior gestational diabetes are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but whether and to what extent this risk is modifiable is unknown.

Methods

NHSII (Nurses' Health Study II) participants (N=4355), who reported a gestational diabetes diagnosis between 1989 and 2001 and were free of type 2 diabetes, CVD, and cancer at baseline were included. Incident CVD included nonfatal myocardial infarction, fatal coronary heart disease, nonfatal/fatal stroke, angiographically confirmed angina, and coronary revascularizations. Modifiable factors were updated every 2 to 4 years. Optimal modifiable factors included body mass index <25.0 kg/m², favorable Alternative Healthy Eating Index-2010 score (top 40%), ≥150 minutes moderate-intensity or ≥75

SUBMITTER: Qian F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12533737 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature