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ArticleDiabetology & metabolic syndrome2025

Associations of gestational diabetes mellitus with the risk of cardiometabolic diseases: results from NHANES and mendelian randomization analyses.

Libi Zhang, Yiwen Qiu, Ye Huang, Diliyaer Ainiwan, Haibo Zhou, Haoyue Cheng, Xialidan Alifu, Yan Zhuang, Peihan Chi, Danqing Chen and 2 more

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Libi ZhangDepartment of Public Health, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Yiwen QiuDepartment of Public Health, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Ye HuangDepartment of Public Health, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Diliyaer AiniwanDepartment of Public Health, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Haibo ZhouDepartment of Public Health, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Haoyue ChengDepartment of Public Health, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Xialidan AlifuDepartment of Public Health, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Yan ZhuangDepartment of Public Health, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Peihan ChiDepartment of Public Health, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Danqing ChenWomen's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Hui LiuClinical Research Center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. lhui2010@zju.edu.cn.
Yunxian YuDepartment of Public Health, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. yunxianyu@zju.edu.cn.

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National Key Research and Development Program of China 2021YFC2701901 and 2022YFC2703505National Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province LBY24H040006
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backgroundGestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with an increased risk of long-term cardiometabolic diseases beyond the perinatal period. This study aimed to investigate the association and the potential causality between GDM and subsequent risk of cardiometabolic diseases, as well as to evaluate the effect of GDM onset age on the diseases.

methodsData were from 10,251 women with at least one live birth in the NHANES 2007-2018. Survey-weighted logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the association. Subsequently, the inverse variance weighted (IVW) and other supplementary approaches of two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) were used to verify the causal association.

resultsWomen with a history of GDM had an increased risk of obesity (OR: 1.67, 95%CI: 1.38–2.01), hyperlipidemia(OR: 1.28, 95%CI: 1.02 – 1.61), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (OR: 5.39, 95%CI: 4.25–6.85), metabolic syndrome (MetS) (OR: 1.62, 95%CI: 1.28–2.05), cardiovascular diseases (OR: 1.61, 95%CI: 1.04–2.52) and coronary heart disease (CHD) (OR: 1.89, 95%CI: 1.17–3.06). Besides, participants diagnosed with GDM at a young age were more prone to developing cardiometabolic diseases. Furthermore, a causal link between GDM and the risk of T2DM (OR: 1.54, 95%CI: 1.09–2.17) and CHD (OR: 1.08, 95%CI: 1.04–1.12) was supported by the IVW method of the MR analysis. Mediation analyses of observational and MR study consistently revealed that T2DM partially mediated the association between GDM and incident CHD.

conclusionsGDM was significantly associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases, and a younger age of GDM onset indicated a higher risk. Moreover, a causal association of GDM with the risk of T2DM and CHD was identified.

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Cardiometabolic diseasesGestational diabetes mellitusMendelian randomizationNHANES

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