Association of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus With Overall and Type Specific Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

( BMJ . 2022;378:e070244) Gestational diabetes (GDM) typically resolves after birth, but can cause lingering risk for adverse maternal effects, such as the development of type 2 diabetes and an increased risk in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. There is a lack of information on the risk of type-specific cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, and thromboembolism following GDM, but these risks are present even in women who do not later develop type 2 diabetes. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to quantify the risk of overall and type-specific cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in women who developed GDM using the currently available observational studies.