ADRR	Average daily risk range
AUC	Area under the curve
BGRI	Blood glucose risk index
BMI	Body mass index
CG	Control group
CGMS	Continuous glucose monitoring systems
CI	Confidence interval
DM	Diabetes mellitus
GDM	Gestational diabetes mellitus
GW	Gestational weeks
HbA1c	A1c fraction of the haemoglobin
HP	Hyperglycaemia patterns
HSSV	Hours per day spent in severe variability
LAGE	Largest amplitude of glycaemic excursions
LGA	Large for gestational age
MAD%	Percentage of mean absolute differences
MAGE	Mean amplitude of glycaemic excursions
MAGE2	MAGE value in the 5th week
MBG	Mean blood glucose
MODD	Mean of daily differences
NICU	Neonatal intensive care unit
NS	Not specified
OGTT	Oral glucose tolerance test
OR	Odds ratio
PIH	Pregnancy induced hypertension
PPH	Postpartum haemorrhage
PT	Pharmacological treatment
PTB	Preterm birth
PTL	Preterm labour
RDS	Respiratory distress syndrome
RT-CGMS	Real-time CGMS
SD	Standard deviation
SDBG	SD of blood glucose
Se	Sensitivity
Sp	Specificity
SMBG	Self-monitoring blood glucose
T1DM	Type 1 DM
T2DM	Type 2 DM
TAR	Time above range
TBR	Time below range
TIH	Time in hyperglycaemia