Ethnic Differences in the Risk of Developing Metabolic Syndrome or its Components in Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are known to be at increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Other cardiovascular risk factors that integrate the metabolic syndrome also seem to be more prevalent in this group of women.

On the other hand, several studies have shown that there is an ethnic effect on disease risk. Prevalence of type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors vary greatly in populations of different ethnicity.

Therefore, we have reviewed the available evidence on the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome components in women with previous GDM along with the differential characteristics of each ethnic group.

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Atherogenic Index and Female Gender are Independent Determents of Chronic Subclinical Inflammation in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Chronic subclinical inflammatory poses additional risk of cardiovascular diseases in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) but its determinants in Bangladeshi population are not fully resolved.

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between marker of chronic subclinical inflammation and gender and atherogenic index (AI) in subjects with T2DM.

Two hundred and fifty-four subjects with T2DM were included. Demographic and anthropometric variables were estimated. Plasma glucose, serum lipid profile and high sensitivity-C reactive protein (hsCRP) were measured in fasting blood samples using standard methods.

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Ethnic Differences in the Risk of Developing Metabolic Syndrome or its Components in Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Women with a history of GDM mellitus (GDM) are known to be at increased cardiovascular risk. These women require more non-invasive cardiac diagnostic procedures and present with more cardiovascular episodes and hospital admissions for cardiovascular reasons, compared to healthy controls.

One-third to one-half of women with a history of GDM will develop type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) within 3-5 years, and this condition is a known risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease.

Moreover, metabolic and cardiovascular alterations that increases the risk of T2DM and cardiovascular disease cluster together in the metabolic syndrome, which is characterized by central body adiposity, dyslipidaemia, hypertension and elevated fasting glucose levels.

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