Abstract
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are advised to control their weight after pregnancy. We aimed to examine how adiposity and weight change influence the long-term risk of developing type 2 diabetes after GDM.METHODS: We included 1,695 women who had incident GDM between 1991 and 2001, as part of the Diabetes & Women's Health study, and followed them until the return of the 2009 questionnaire. Body weight and incident type 2 diabetic cases were reported biennially. We defined baseline as the questionnaire period when women reported an incident GDM pregnancy. We estimated HRs and 95% CIs using Cox proportional hazards models.RESULTS: We documented 259 incident cases of type 2 diabetes during up to 18 years of follow-up. The adjusted HRs of type 2 diabetes associated with each 1 kg/m(2) increase in BMI were 1.16 (95% CI 1.12, 1.19) for baseline BMI and 1.16 (95% CI 1.13, 1.20) for most recent BMI. Moreover, each 5 kg increment of weight gain after GDM development was associated with a 27% higher risk of type 2 diabetes (adjusted HR 1.27; 95% CI 1.04, 1.54). Jointly, women who had a BMI ≥30.0 kg/m(2) at baseline and gained ≥5 kg after GDM had an adjusted HR of 43.19 (95% CI 13.60, 137.11), compared with women who had a BMI
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1212-1219 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Diabetologia |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2015 |
Keywords
- Adiposity
- Adult
- Body Mass Index
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Diabetes, Gestational
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Multivariate Analysis
- Obesity
- Pregnancy
- Proportional Hazards Models
- Prospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Weight Gain