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Endocrine Abstracts (2018) 56 P457 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.56.P457

1Hospital Sant Joan de Deu de Martorell, Martorell, Spain; 2Departament of Medicine, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 3Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; 4Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.


Background: Women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at increased risk for diabetes and lipid alterations.

Objective: In a cohort of women with previous GDM, we aimed to ascertain whether women with abnormal glucose tolerance one year post-delivery had a more atherogenic lipid profile after pregnancy than those with normal glucose tolerance.

Design and patients: A descriptive study of GDM women who underwent pre and postnatal follow-up at the Hospital del Mar, Barcelona between January 2004 and March 2016 was conducted.

Results: Three hundred and six (56.8%) of 537 women diagnosed of GDM during the studied period, attended a control visit during the first year after delivery. The incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and prediabetes in these patients was 5.2% and 36.6%, respectively. High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol remained significantly lower in women with T2DM (48±11 mg/dl vs 59±12 mg/dl; P=0.009) and the prediabetes group (54±13 mg/dl vs 59±12 mg/dl; P=0.029) at the first year postpartum than in those with normal glucose tolerance. Additionally, triglycerides were higher in the T2DM group compared with the normal glucose tolerance group (128±60 mg/dl vs 89±41 mg/dl; P=0.009). There were no differences in LDL cholesterol levels within the three groups.

Conclusions: Women with previous GDM who develop T2DM or prediabetes one year post-delivery have lower HDL cholesterol concentrations than those with normal glucose tolerance. Moreover, those who develop T2DM have higher triglyceride concentrations than those with normal glucose tolerance.

Volume 56

20th European Congress of Endocrinology

Barcelona, Spain
19 May 2018 - 22 May 2018

European Society of Endocrinology 

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