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Association Between Changes in Postpartum Weight and Waist Circumference and Changes in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among Women With Recent Gestational Diabetes
ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 16 — April 18, 2019
PEER REVIEWED
Figure 1a shows the distribution of the change in body weight in the control and intervention groups at 12 months postpartum. There was substantial overlap in the interquartile range (−3.6 to 3.7 kg in the control group vs −6.6 to 2.4 kg in the intervention group). Figure 1b shows the distribution of the change in waist circumference in the control and intervention groups at 12 months postpartum. There was substantial overlap in the interquartile range (−5.8 to 3.8 cm in the control group vs −10.1 to 1.4 cm in the intervention group).
Figure 1.
Distribution of change in a) weight and b) waist circumference in the control and intervention groups at 12 months postpartum.
Figure 2 shows the change in a) fasting glucose and b) fasting insulin and the change in body weight at 12 months postpartum for all participants in the entire cohort. The figure demonstrates a line of fit for the linear regression, including confidence intervals. There is a significant relationship between the change in both fasting glucose and fasting insulin and the change in weight at 12 months postpartum.
Figure 2.
Change in a) fasting glucose vs. change in weight at 12 months postpartum and b) fasting insulin and change in weight at 12 months postpartum.
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