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Gestational Diabetes and Postpartum Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Metabolic Disorders

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.28578

August 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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In this cohort study, gestational diabetes was associated with increased postpartum risk across multiple metabolic disorders. These findings suggest that postpartum care after gestational diabetes may need to extend beyond glucose monitoring to include broader cardiometabolic risk surveillance.

Corresponding Author: Lili Liu, PhD, MPH, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA 94305 (lililiu@stanford.edu).

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