C-reactive protein and features of metabolic syndrome in Brazilian women with previous gestational diabetes

C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammatory biomarker, has been associated with the development of diabetes. Gestational diabetes (GDM) predicts type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and may be part of the metabolic syndrome (MS). Few studies have examined the association of CRP, MS and diabetes in women with previous GDM.Women with previous GDM (n=70) and randomly sampled women without previous GDM (n=108) from the one center of the Brazilian Study of...