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editorial
. 2013 Feb 15;23(1):7–11. doi: 10.11613/BM.2013.002

Table 1.

Diagnostic thresholds for gestational diabetes and overt diabetes in pregnancy (7,8,10).

Gestational diabetes mellitus

Venous plasma glucose treshold (mmol/L)
Fasting ≥ 5.1
75 g oGTT: 60 min ≥ 10.0
75 g oGTT: 120 min ≥ 8.5
One or more values equal or exceeding diagnostic threshold.

Overt diabetes in pregnancy

Measure of glycaemia Diagnostic threshold
Fasting plasma glucose (FPG)* ≥ 7.0 mmol/L
HbA1c ≥ 6.5% (48 mmol/mol)
Random plasma glucose* ≥ 11.1 mmol/L
Any of measures of glycaemia equal or exceeding diagnostic threshold.
*

venous plasma