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Gestational diabetes (GD) is associated with development of type 2 diabetes and other adverse outcomes. In this study, researchers used data from the prospective Nurses' Health Study to assess the association between GD and risk for early death among 91,000 female nurses (baseline mean age, 35) who had at least one pregnancy at age 18 or older. About 6000 participants (7%) reported having GD.
After adjustment for multiple potential confounders, risk for all-cause death during 30 years of follow-up was significantly higher among participants with GD than among participants without GD (hazard ratio, 1.3). This association persisted regardless of whether type 2 diabetes developed subsequently and was more robust among those who had GD in ≥2 pre…