In one prospective study of 305 women, of whom approximately 30% had GDM, Kew and colleagues reported that women who gained weight between 3 and 12 months postpartum tended to have worsening of certain cardiometabolic risk factors, including blood pressure, HOMA-IR, adiponectin, and LDL cholesterol (19). Here, ADIPOQ is linked to gestational diabetes.