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. 2024 Mar 15;24:204. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06378-2

Table 2.

Mean prevalence of GDM by several moderator variables for studies using two-step screening strategy

K N Prevalence 95% CI QB [df] Qw [df] I2 (%)
Diagnostic criteria used
1 Carpenter-Coustan 8 266,080 8.1% 6.3–10.4 24.4 [3]* 889.03 [7]* 99.2
2 NDDG 11 402,180 3.6% 2.9–4.5 1170.28 [10]* 99.1
3 O’Sullivan & Mahan 2 1,806 7.6% 4.4–12.7 2.62 [1] 61.8
4 Canada (1998) 5 844,773 5.2% 3.7–7.1 4330.44 [4]* 99.9
Country
Canada 8 1,054,163 4.7% 3.4–6.3 0.86 [1] 6749.39 [7]* 99.9
USA 18 461,126 5.5% 4.5–6.7 3070.65 [17]* 99.4
Start of data collection period
1980–1990 5 45,401 4.8% 3.4–6.6 16.62 [3]* 96.25 [4]* 95.8
1991–2001 12 1,098,324 4.0% 3.3-5.0 4,047.43 [11]* 99.7
2002–2012 7 351,5019 7.6% 5.8–9.9 2016.47 [6]* 99.7
2013–2023 2 20,635 8.0% 4.9–12.9 5.11 [1]* 80.4
End of data collection period
1980–1990 3 14,474 4.1% 2.6–6.3 5.58 [3] 15.74 [2]* 87.3
1991–2001 6 248,912 4.1% 3.1–5.6 450.06 [5]* 98.9
2002–2012 13 1,173,337 5.8% 4.7-7.0 5975.99 [12]* 99.8
2013–2023 4 78,656 6.3% 4.4–8.9 1249.69 [3]* 99.8
Mean age
< 30 years 7 717,177 5.2% 3.9–7.1 4.03 [2] 1884.32 [6]* 99.7
> 30 years 6 347,307 6.8% 5.0-9.3 2259.15 [5]* 99.8
Nulliparous
> 50% 4 311,062 6.1% 4.1–9.2 3.73 [2] 961.48 [3]* 99.7
< 50% 6 398,690 6.6% 4.7–9.1 3,938.94 [5]* 99.9
Ethnic mix
> 70% First Nations 2 1,806 7.6% 4.2–13.3 2.31 [3] 2.62 [1] 61.8
> 70% Caucasian 2 42,004 5.2% 2.9–9.1 309.21 [1] 99.7
> 70% Hispanic/Latino 3 43,491 6.1% 3.8–9.6 258.87 [2] 99.2
Mixed or unknown 19 1,428,078 4.9% 4.1–5.9 9466.17 [18] 99.8
Routine dataset
No 15 156,668 6.1% 4.9–7.5 4.78 [1]* 2506.53 [14]* 99.4
Yes 11 1,358,711 4.3% 43.4–5.4 7455.56 [10]* 99.9
Whether women with pre-pregnancy diabetes included in denominator
Included 5 664,660 3.9% 2.7–5.4 4.72 [2] 537.15 [4]* 99.3
Excluded 20 833,112 5.5% 4.7–6.5 6662.83 [19]* 99.7
Whether women could be included more than once
Yes 12 1,135,186 4.2% 3.3–5.4 6.61 [2]* 7524.35 [11] * 99.9
No 13 362,586 6.2% 4.9–7.8 1967.39 [12] * 99.4

# Any two values at or above the following plasma glucose thresholds following 100 g OGTT:

1. Fasting 5.3 mmol/L, 1 h 10.0 mmol/L, 2 h 8.6 mmol/L, 3 h 7.8 mmol/L

2. Fasting 5.8 mmol/L, 1 h 10.6 mmol/L, 2 h 9.2 mmol/L, 3 h 8.1 mmol/L

3. Fasting 5.0 mmol/L, 1 h 9.2 mmol/L, 2 h 8.0 mmol/L, 3 h 7.0 mmol/L

Any two values at or above the following plasma glucose thresholds following 75 g OGTT:

4. Fasting 5.3 mmol/L, 1 h 10.6 mmol/L, 2 h 8.9 mmol/L

5. Fasting 5.1 mmol/L, 1 h 10.0 mmol/L, 2 h 8.5 mmol/L