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ArticleDiabetes, obesity & metabolism2025

Body mass index trajectories and time in target range after delivery and long-term type 2 diabetes risk in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus.

Lixia Zhang, Yun Shen, Huikun Liu, Weiqin Li, Leishen Wang, Shuang Zhang, Junhong Leng, Wei Li, Zhaoxia Liang, Zhijie Yu and 2 more

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Lixia ZhangPennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Yun ShenPennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Huikun LiuTianjin Women and Children's Health Center, Tianjin, China.
Weiqin LiTianjin Women and Children's Health Center, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5011-7985
Leishen WangTianjin Women and Children's Health Center, Tianjin, China.
Shuang ZhangTianjin Women and Children's Health Center, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2260-6997
Junhong LengTianjin Women and Children's Health Center, Tianjin, China.
Wei LiTianjin Women and Children's Health Center, Tianjin, China.
Zhaoxia LiangDepartment of Obstetrical, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5841-4359
Zhijie YuPopulation Cancer Research Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4901-3545
Xilin YangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9462-7992
Gang HuPennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6172-8017

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Tracking & Evaluation CoreU54GM104940 · NIGMS · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI Peter Todd Katzmarzyk · 2012 to 2026
$69.1M
Biomarker of Pancreatic B-cell Loss Predicting Progression to Type 2 Diabetes After Gestational DiabetesR01DK132011 · NIDDK · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI Gang Hu, Yeyi Zhu · 2023 to 2026
$2.6M
European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD)NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK132011NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK132011NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104940NIGMS NIH HHS U54GM104940
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aimsThis study aims to determine whether postpartum body mass index (BMI) trajectories and its time in target range (TTR) are associated with long-term type 2 diabetes risk in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). MATERIALS AND

methodsThe present study included 1057 women with a history of GDM who participated in the Tianjin Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Prevention Program (TGDMPP). Oral glucose tolerance tests or physician-diagnosed information were used to diagnose type 2 diabetes after a median follow-up period of 8.47 years. Latent class modelling was applied to identify trajectories of BMI after delivery. TTR was defined as the proportion of time that BMI was within the standard range (18.5 ≤ BMI < 24.0 kg/m

resultsFive distinct trajectories of postpartum BMI were identified. Compared with low-stable class, the multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios of type 2 diabetes were 2.02 (95% confidence interval 0.99-4.10) for median-stable class, 3.01 (1.17-7.73) for high-stable class, 2.15 (0.63-7.38) for U-shape class and 7.15 (2.08-24.5) for inverse U-shape class (p for trend = 0.012), respectively. Multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios of type 2 diabetes associated with postpartum BMI TTR of 100%, >43.4%-<100%, >0%-≤43.4% and 0% were 1.00, 1.84 (0.72-4.73), 2.75 (1.23-6.15) and 2.31 (1.05-5.08) (p for trend = 0.039), respectively.

conclusionsPostpartum BMI trajectories of high-stable and inverse U-shape class as well as lower TTR were associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes among women with a history of GDM. Reducing BMI to a normal range in the early postpartum period and maintaining stable over time could attenuate the development of long-term type 2 diabetes.

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Body Mass IndexDiabetes, GestationalDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Postpartum PeriodAdultChinaFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGlucose Tolerance TestHumansPregnancyRisk Factorsgestational diabetes mellituspostpartum body mass indextime in target rangetrajectorytype 2 diabetes

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PMCPMC11620931

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