Gestational Diabetes May Raise Future Retinopathy Risk
A study has found that women with a history of gestational diabetes face a significantly higher risk of developing diabetic retinopathy later in life. The risk is particularly pronounced among those with more severe gestational diabetes and those who develop hypertension after pregnancy. These findings suggest the need for increased awareness and screening for diabetic retinopathy in women with a history of gestational diabetes.
- ▪Women with gestational diabetes have a nearly threefold higher risk of developing diabetic retinopathy compared to those without.
- ▪The risk increases with the severity of gestational diabetes and the development of hypertension after pregnancy.
- ▪Among women who developed diabetes during follow-up, 20.1% had prior gestational diabetes, and 3.5% developed diabetic retinopathy.
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TOPLINE:Among women with diabetes, a history of gestational diabetes was associated with a nearly threefold higher risk for diabetic retinopathy; the risk increased with increasing gestational diabetes severity and development of hypertension after pregnancy.METHODOLOGY:Women with gestational diabetes have a 10-fold increased risk of developing diabetes later in life — primarily type 2 diabetes — and are at higher risk for other pregnancy complications. Although prior studies link gestational diabetes to diabetic retinopathy , the effects of its severity and subsequent hypertension remain unclear.Researchers conducted a nationwide, register-based cohort study of 708,250 women giving birth in Denmark from 1997 to 2018, of whom, 24,139 had gestational diabetes in one or more pregnancies…
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