Okay, this is the kind of scientific reporting that annoys me to no end. First of all, it seems to be saying that gestational diabetes causes heart disease later on, but that is not the case. The most likely explanation is that the risk factors that cause women to be predisposed towards developing gestational diabetes also predispose women towards heart disease later on. So the risk-lowering behaviors work equally well towards preventing both diseases.
Also, “researchers discovered a 0.023 mm bigger average carotid artery intima-media thickness”—seriously? I bet that tiny measurement difference is well within the margin of error, and that any two populations selected at random would show at least that much difference in their average measurements. What are the CIs, anyway?
Grr. Sloppy science and scientific reporting always annoy me.
BTW, I went to the source and looked at the CIs. I’m still not impressed.
*Sigh*
The bottom line is that healthy behavior prevents many unhealthy outcomes, and that one should always endeavor to eat properly and exercise.