Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Future Cardiovascular Risk: An Update

• Published in: International Journal of Endocrinology Vol. 2016; no. 2016; pp. 224 - 229-024
• Main Authors: Annunziata, Lapolla, Chilelli, N. C., Dalfrà, Maria Grazia, Silvia, Burlina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Limiteds 01-01-2016; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Age; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cholesterol; Complications and side effects; Development and progression; Diabetes in pregnancy; Endocrinology; Ethnicity; Gestational diabetes; Glucose; Health risk assessment; Hypertension; Insulin resistance; Low density lipoprotein; Metabolic syndrome; Physiological aspects; Physiology; Population; Pregnancy; Review; Risk factors; Studies; Womens health; Italy
• ISSN: 1687-8337; 1687-8345
• DOI: 10.1155/2016/2070926

The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus is increasing in parallel with the rising prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity around the world. Current evidence strongly suggests that women who have had gestational diabetes mellitus are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. Given the growing prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus, it is important to identify appropriate reliable markers of cardiovascular disease and specific treatment strategies capable of containing obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome in order to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in the women affected.