Figure 4.

Unadjusted risk of subsequent GDM as the percentage of women with GDM among prepregnancy BMI categories according to prepregnancy cardiometabolic risk factor status, the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study, 1985–2006. The 1–3 metabolic risk factor category includes the following: fasting glucose ≥100 mg/dL, fasting insulin >15 μU/mL, and/or high-density lipoprotein cholesterol <40 mg/dL. Note: The group of 1–3 metabolic risk factors combines the 4 risk factor groups shown in Figure 2. BMI, body mass index; GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus.