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Diabetes of pregnancy – women’s hearts are at risk
It appears that women who suffer from diabetes of pregnancy (gestational diabetes) are at greater risk of developing heart disease. This is in addition to the risk associated with type 2 diabetes, which was already well known.
Between 3% and 6% of pregnant women suffer from glucose intolerance. This problem emerges during pregnancy and most often disappears after giving birth. However, this “temporary” condition can have repercussions on cardiac health, even a number of years after giving birth.
The results of a Swedish study show that 3.5% of women who have suffered from cardiovascular disease had also suffered from diabetes of pregnancy, compared with only 2% of those who had never had any cardiac problems. These women are therefore at greater risk of cardiac disease than those who have never experienced any problems with glycaemia during their pregnancies.
These findings underline the importance for women who have had diabetes of pregnancy to arrange individual, long-term monitoring after giving birth.
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