Table 1.

Guideline-Recommended Glycemic Targets for Pregnancy

Metrics	Target of American Diabetes Association 2023
	Type 1 diabetes	Type 2 diabetesa
HbA1c, %	<6.5 (1st trimester)
	<6.0 (2nd and 3rd trimester)
Fasting plasma, glucose, mg/dL	≤95
Postprandial glucose, mg/dL	<140 (1 hr)
	<120 (2 hr)
Time in range (63–140 mg/dL), %	>70	>90
Time above range (>140 mg/dL), %	<25	<5
Time below range (<63 mg/dL), %	<4	<4
Time below range (<54 mg/dL), %	<1	<1

HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c.

^aGlycemic targets for type 2 diabetes are from Yamamoto et al. [25].