Early cardiovascular events in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus

Table 1 Characteristics and adverse outcomes in women with history of GDM

	GDM 2007–2008		No GDM 2007–2008		p value
	(n = 62,958)		(n = 1,452,429)
	Size	(%)	Size	(%)
Age					<0.0001
<20	520	0.83	42,313	2.91
20–29	21,471	34.10	706,688	48.66
30–39	35,922	57.06	656,693	45.21
≥40	5045	8.01	46,735	3.22
Obesity	8122	12.90	56,142	3.87	<0.0001
Subsequent diabetes	1266	2.01	1674	0.12	<0.0001
Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy	4834	7.68	42,012	2.89	<0.0001
Angina pectoris	64	0.10	570	0.04	<0.0001
Myocardial infarction
Acute myocardial infarction	26	0.04	257	0.02	<0.0001
Repeated myocardial infarction	0	0	2	0	1
Complications of acute myocardial infarction	0	0	11	0	1
Stroke
Ischemic stroke	71	0.11	1181	0.09	<0.05
Vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseases	9	0.01	160	0.01	0.34
Transient cerebral ischemic attacks	59	0.09	1219	0.08	0.06
Hypertensives diseases	1566	2.49	10,586	0.73	<.0001
Therapeutic measures^a	32	0.05	236	0.02	<.0001

GDM gestational diabetes mellitus
^aCoronary artery bypass graft, coronary angioplasty, carotid endarterectomy and fibrinolysis

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