Table 1.

Frequency of metabolic syndromes in women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus, according to the literature.

Authors	Follow-up	Prevalence of metabolic syndrome (%)	Diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome
Bo et al., 2004 [10]	8.5 yrs	21	ATP III
Albareda et al., 2005 [11]	5 yrs	11.1	ATP III
Lauenborg et al., 2005 [12]	9.8 yrs	38.4	WHO
Di Cianni et al., 2007 [13]	16 months	9	ATP III
Vilmi-Kerälä et al., 2015 [14]	2–6 yrs	23.1	ATP III
Noctor et al., 2015 [15]	2.6 yrs	25.3	WHO