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The general information, inflammatory factors and metabolic indicators of the women were collected and analyzed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>(1)The TyG and siMS levels in the GDM group were higher than those in the non-GDM group (p&amp;lt;0.05, respectively). The interleukin-6(IL-6) levels in the GDM group were higher than those in the non-GDM group and the difference was statistically significant (p&amp;lt;0.05). (2) The results of linear regression analysis showed that GDM was associated with postpartum GLU<jats:sub>0min<\/jats:sub> (\u03b2=0.94, 95%CI: 0.27-1.60, p&amp;lt;0.05), GLU<jats:sub>120min<\/jats:sub> (\u03b2=2.76, 95%CI: 1.57-3.94, p&amp;lt;0.05) and HbA1c (\u03b2=0.49, 95%CI: 0.27-1.60, p&amp;lt;0.05). At the same time, GDM was significantly correlated with postpartum metabolic indicators triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index (\u03b2=0.31, 95%CI: 0.01-0.61, p&amp;lt;0.05) and siMS score (\u03b2=0.45, 95%CI: 0.03-0.88, p&amp;lt;0.05).The results of linear regression analysis showed that GDM was significantly correlated with IL-6 (\u03b2=0.91, 95%CI: 0.02-1.79, p&amp;lt;0.05). (3) Logistic regression analysis showed that GDM was an independent risk factor for postpartum abnormal metabolism (OR=10.62, 95%CI: 1.66-68.17, p&amp;lt;0.05), and an independent risk factor for postpartum high low-density lipoprotein cholesterolemia (OR=3.38, 95%CI: 1.01-11.56, p&amp;lt;0.05). (4) The IL-6 had a mediating effect in the association between GDM and postpartum TyG and siMS, with the mediating effect sizes being 20.59% and 30.77%, respectively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study revealed that GDM history can lead to abnormal glucose and lipid metabolism indexes in postpartum women, affect the levels of postpartum CVD-related metabolic indicators. 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