Hypertension at 5 months postpartum in women with gestational diabetes.

Multivariable analysis showed that postpartum hypertension was associated with: higher maternal age, Black or mixed ethnicity, higher median weight in early pregnancy, higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure in early pregnancy, and development of pre-eclampsia (pre-eclampsia) or gestational hypertension (gestational hypertension) in the index pregnancy.

The area under the receiver-operating-characteristics curve for the prediction of postpartum hypertension was 0.72 (95% CI, 0.68-0.77) without inclusion of development of pre-eclampsia or gestational hypertension, and 0.74 (95% CI, 0.70-0.78) with their inclusion.