Carpenter-Coustan Compared With National Diabetes Data Group Criteria for Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Use of Carpenter-Coustan compared with National Diabetes Data Group criteria increases the number of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) by 30-50%, but whether treatment of this milder GDM reduces adverse outcomes is unknown. We explored the effects of the diagnostic criteria used on the benefits of GDM treatment.

Methods

This was a secondary analysis of a randomized trial for treatment of mild GDM diagnosed using Carpenter-Coustan criteria. We evaluated the effect of treatment within two mutually exclusive diagnostic groups: 1) women who met the stricter National Diabetes Data Group as well as Carpenter-Coustan criteria (National Diabetes Data Group), and 2) those diagnosed by Carpenter-Coustan but not meeting National Diabetes Data Group crit

SUBMITTER: Harper LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4840065 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature