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Table 1 Gestational diabetes mellitus screening and diagnostic criteria

From: Climate factors and gestational diabetes mellitus risk – a systematic review

Guidelines

Year

Approach

GCT

GCT Glucose Threshold

OGTT

OGTT Glucose Threshold Values

GDM Diagnosis

Fasting

1-h

2-h

3-h

One-step approaches

 International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Group (IADPSG) [48]

2010

1-step

75-g

5.1 mmol/L (92 mg/dL)

10 mmol/L (180 mg/dL)

8.5 mmol/L (153 mg/dL)

≥1 abnormal OGTT

 World Health Organization (WHO) [49]

1999

1-step

75-g

7 mmol/L (126 mg/dL)

7.8 mmol/L (140 mg/dL)

≥1 abnormal OGTT

 WHO - Modified [45, 50]

2006

1-step

75-g

DIP: 7 mmol/L (126 mg/dL); GDM: 5.1–6.9 mmol/L (92–124 mg/dL)

 

DIP: 11.1 mmol/L (200 mg/dL); GDM: 8.5–11 mmol/L (153–198 mg/dL)

 

DIP or GDM: ≥1 abnormal OGTT

Two-step approaches

 Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS) [51]

1991

2-step

50-g

7.8 mmol/L (140 mg/dL)

75-g

5.5 mmol/L (99 mg/dL)

8 mmol/L (144 mg/dL)

≥1 abnormal OGTT

 Carpenter and Coustan [52]

1982

2-step

50-g

7.8 mmol/L (140 mg/dL)

100-g

5.3 mmol/L (95 mg/dL)

10 mmol/L (180 mg/dL)

8.6 mmol/L (155 mg/dL)

7.8 mmol/L (140 mg/dL)

≥2 abnormal OGTT

 National Diabetes Data Group (NDDG) Criteria [53]

1979

2-step

50-g

7.8 mmol/L (140 mg/dL)

100-g

5.8 mmol/L (105 mg/dL)

10.5 mmol/L (189 mg/dL)

9.2 mmol/L (166 mg/dL)

8.0 mmol/L (144 mg/dL)

≥2 abnormal OGTT

 WHO - Modified [46, 49]

1999

2-step

Random glucose

6.5 mmol/L (117 mg/dL)

75-g

6 mmol/ (108 mg/dL)

7.8 mmol/L (140 mg/dL)

≥1 abnormal OGTT

 WHO - Modified [37]

1999

2-step

50-g

7.7 mmol/L (139 mg/dL)

75-g

6.1 mmol/L

7.8 mmol/L

≥1 abnormal OGTT

  1. Abbreviations: GCT glucose challenge test, OGT oral glucose tolerance test, GDM gestational diabetes mellitus, DIP diabetes in pregnancy