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OBJECTIVE: The association of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) subtypes with maternal cardiometabolic health is not known. We examined whether GDM subtypes were differentially associated with cardiometabolic health 10-14 years after delivery. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We used data from the prospective Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Follow-Up Study. The exposure was GDM subtype (insulin deficient, insulin resistant, mixed defect, unclassified). The outcomes were prediabetes or diabetes and, secondarily, hypertension, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, and predicted cardiovascular disease. RESULTS: Of 4,693 women, 3.0% had insulin-deficient, 9.0% insulin-resistant, 1.6% mixed-defect, and 0.7% unclassified GDM. Compared with no GDM, all GDM subtypes except unclassified were associated with higher risk of prediabetes or diabetes (adjusted risk ratios 2.14-2.88), metabolic syndrome, and predicted cardiovascular disease. Only insulin-resistant GDM was associated with dyslipidemia. CONCLUSIONS: All GDM subtypes were associated with an increased risk of prediabetes or diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and high predicted cardiovascular disease 10-14 years after delivery.