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. 2017 Dec 15;8(12):489–511. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v8.i12.489

Table 2.

Various diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus and cut-off values

Diagnostic criteria Sample WVB (mg/dL) VP
O’Sullivan and Mahan (Women screened using 3-h 100 g OGTT and two cut-off values are required to diagnose GDM)[28,31] Fasting 90 90 mg/dL
1 h 165 165 mg/dL
2 h 143 145 mg/dL
3 h 127 125 mg/dL
NDDG criteria (Women screened using 3-h 100 g OGTT and two cut-off values are required to diagnose GDM)[32] Fasting 90 105 mg/dL
1 h 170 190 mg/dL
2 h 145 165 mg/dL
3 h 125 145 mg/dL
Carpenter and coustan criteria (Women screened using 3-h 100 g OGTT and two cut-off values are required to diagnose GDM)[33] Fasting 90 95 mg/dL
1 h 165 180 mg/dL
2 h 143 155 mg/dL
3 h 127 140 mg/dL
WHO 1999 criteria (Women screened using 2-h 75 g OGTT and one cut-off value is required to diagnose GDM)[5] Fasting 126 mg/dL
2 h 140 mg/dL
Recent IADPSG criteria (GDM) (Women screened using 2-h 75 g OGTT and one cut-off value is required to diagnose GDM)[8] Fasting 92 mg/dL
1 h 180 mg/dL
2 h 153 mg/dL
Recent IADPSG criteria (Overt diabetes) (Women screened using 2-h 75 g OGTT and one cut-off value is required to diagnose GDM)[8] Fasting 126 mg/dL
HbA1c ≥ 6.5%
RPG 200 mg/dL

GDM: Gestational diabetes mellitus; RPG: Random plasma glucose; VP: Venous blood; WHO: World Health Organization; WVB: Whole venous blood; HbA1c: Glycosylated haemoglobin; IADPSG: International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups; NDDG: National Diabetes Data Group; OGTT: Oral Glucose Tolerance Test.