Applying WHO2013 diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus reveals currently untreated women at increased risk.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To estimate the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a Danish cohort comparing the current Danish versus the WHO2013 diagnostic criteria, and to evaluate adverse pregnancy outcomes among currently untreated women in the gap between the diagnostic thresholds.

Methods

Diagnostic testing was performed by a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at 24-28 weeks' gestation in a cohort of pregnant women. GDM diagnosis was based on the current Danish criterion (2-h glucose ≥ 9.0 mmol/L, GDM_DK) and on the WHO2013 criteria (fasting ≥ 5.1, 1 h ≥ 10.0 or 2 h glucose ≥ 8.5 mmol/L, GDM_WHO2013). Currently untreated women fulfilling the WHO2013 but not the Danish diagnostic criteria were defined as New-GDM-women (GDM_WHO2013-positive and

SUBMITTER: Scheuer CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10587026 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature