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. 2014 Oct 2;14:345. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-345

Table 2.

Proportion of detected gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in GUSTO cohort using universal versus high-risk screening a

Screening methods Whole cohort Chinese Malay Indian
(n = 1136) (n = 644) (n = 290) (n = 202)
Universalb 215 (18.9) 135 (21.0) 35 (12.1) 45 (22.3)
High-riskb 111 (9.8)c 45 (7.0)c 21 (7.2)c 45 (22.3)

aValues are given as number (%).

bUniversal screening is where all participants undergo oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT); High-risk screening is where only participants with one or more of the risk factors based on the guidelines from UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) have to undergo OGTT.

cP < 0.001 compared to Universal Screening.