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Table 4 Causal mediation analysis to evaluate the mediative effect of prevalent comorbidities on the association between gestational diabetes and long-term cardiovascular outcomes

From: Long-term cardiovascular outcomes of gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective UK Biobank study

 

Proportion of mediated effect by diabetes

Proportion of mediated effect by hypertension

Proportion of mediated effect by dyslipidemia

Total cardiovascular outcome

0.21 (0.14–0.36)

0.11 (0.08–0.17)

0.10 (0.07–0.16)

ASCVD

0.30 (0.21–0.49)

0.12 (0.09–0.19)

0.14 (0.10–0.20)

 Coronary artery disease

0.34 (0.23–0.63)

0.15 (0.10–0.25)

0.18 (0.13–0.31)

 Myocardial infarction

0.26 (0.18–0.47)

0.09 (0.06–0.16)

0.10 (0.07–0.16)

 Ischemic stroke

0.23 (0.14–0.55)

0.08 (0.05–0.19)

0.08 (0.05–0.21)

 Peripheral artery disease

0.31 (0.20–0.75)

0.11 (0.08–0.30)

0.11 (0.07–0.24)

Non-ASCVD

0.19 (0.12–0.40)

0.11 (0.07–0.22)

0.08 (0.05–0.16)

 Heart failure

0.35 (0.24–0.83)

0.12 (0.08–0.30)

0.12 (0.08–0.30)

 Mitral regurgitation

0.06 (-0.04–0.18)

0.06 (0.04–0.12)

0.05 (0.02–0.12)

 Atrial fibrillation/flutter

0.13 (0.07–0.32)

0.12 (0.08–0.26)

0.08 (0.04–0.16)

  1. ASCVD atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, non-ASCVD non-atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease