Gestational diabetes and pregnancy: Type 2 diabetes

Women with a history of gestational diabetes have a significantly increased risk for long-term mortality regardless of whether or not they subsequently developed type 2 diabetes.

Impaired glucose tolerance during pregnancy that does not meet the criteria for gestational diabetes nevertheless increases the likelihood that women will later develop type 2 diabetes, a study shows.

Researchers find that controlling modifiable risk factors limits the risk for developing type 2 diabetes in women with previous gestational diabetes, even if they have overweight or high genetic risk.

Being in a minority ethnic group and having low socioeconomic status increase women’s risk for developing certain long-term health complications after a pregnancy affected by gestational diabetes, a study shows.

The risk for a birth defect may be increased if the father is taking metformin around the time of spermatogenesis, say researchers.

The significantly increased risk for type 2 diabetes after a diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus persists for over 35 years, suggests a study published in Diabetes Care.

Among pregnant women with preexisting diabetes, those with nephropathy or retinopathy may be at increased risk for pregnancy complications, suggest findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Diabetic ketoacidosis affects around one in 60 pregnant women with type 1 diabetes and is associated with “exceptionally high” perinatal mortality rates, shows research.

The presence of gestational diabetes mellitus may identify women at an increased risk for experiencing hospitalization for heart failure within the next few years, research suggests.

Maternal history of diabetes is associated with accelerated loss of glycemic control and an increased risk for adverse outcomes among youth with type 2 diabetes, suggests an analysis of data from the TODAY trial.

Data from the first 5 years of the UK’s National Pregnancy in Diabetes audit reveal differing effects of type 1 and type 2 diabetes on pregnancy outcomes, with no sign of improvements over time.

Less than half of women with gestational diabetes undergo a guideline-recommended test for type 2 diabetes within 12 weeks of delivery, show results presented in a poster at the virtual 56th EASD Annual Meeting.

Findings from the Nurses’ Health Study II bolster the association between longer breastfeeding duration and lower risk for type 2 diabetes in women with gestational diabetes.

Risk alleles for type 2 diabetes influence the risk for women developing the condition after experiencing gestational diabetes, say researchers.

A Canadian research team has called for earlier identification of type 2 diabetes in pregnant women, after finding they are at elevated risk for perinatal mortality and other adverse outcomes compared with women with gestational diabetes mellitus alone.

Children born to mothers with diabetes and severe obesity have an elevated risk for developing neuropsychiatric disorders, researchers report.

People born prematurely may need to be assessed for type 1 and type 2 diabetes early and monitored in the long term, say researchers after finding these individuals may be at increased risk from childhood into adulthood.

Children born to mothers with diabetes have a higher risk for early-onset, non-congenital cardiovascular disease in childhood and early adulthood than those born to mothers without diabetes, suggest findings from a large observational study.

A Scottish study has identified glycated hemoglobin levels and BMI as modifiable risk factors for stillbirth among pregnant women with diabetes.

A statement from an ATTD consensus group has streamlined previously agreed continuous glucose monitoring metrics and set out time in range targets.