Review Article

Previous Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Markers of Cardiovascular Risk

Table 1

Markers of increased CVD risk in normoglycemic women with GDM or pGDM.

AuthorsNumber of subjectsMonths/years postpartumMarkers of CVD risk

Kousta et al., 2003 [45]783 years↑ Insulin resistance
↑ lipidemia
Anastasiou et al., 1998 [46]683–6 months FMD
Hu et al., 1998 [47]372–4 years Acetylcholine induced vasodilatation
Knock et al., 1997 [48]32During cesarean section↑ Vascular pathology, vessel myography
Paradisi et al., 2002 [49]38During GDM pregnancy FMD
Heitritter et al., 2005 [50]481 year Adiponectin
Winzer et al., 2004 [51]1083 months Adiponectin
Bo et al., 2007 [52]1956-7 years↑ E-selectin
↑ ICAM-1
↑ IMT
Thomaseth et al., 1997 [53]101 year↑ E-selectin
↑ VCAM-1
Lawrence et al., 2002 [54]265recent GDM E-selectin
Kautzky-Willer et al., 1997 [55]413 months↑ E-selectin
↑ VCAM-1
Shah et al., 2008 [56]89.500p GDM↑ CVD events
Akinci et al., 2008 [57]76p GDM↑ OPG
↑ IMT
Akinci et al., 2011 [58]1953 years↑ OPG
Banerjee et al., 2011 [59]292 years↑ Vascular pathology, vessel myography
Farhan et al., 2006 [60]70recent GDM↑ PAI-1
Madarász et al., 2009 [61]1074 years↑ CVD risk factors, disturbed carbohydrate metabolism