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. 2020 Jun;54(2):82–87. doi: 10.4314/gmj.v54i2.5

Table 2.

Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus among pregnant women

Diagnostic variable Total, n (%)
Fasting plasma glucose, n=612
≥ 7.0 mmol/L 5(0.8)
5.1 – 6.9 mmol/L 21(3.4)
<5.1 mmol/L 586(95.8)
Oral glucose tolerance test, n=607
1-h plasma glucose ≥10.0 mmol/L 22(3.6)
2-h plasma glucose ≥11.0 mmol/L 2(0.3)
2-h plasma glucose 8.5 – 11.0
mmol/L
26(4.3)
2-h plasma glucose <8.5 mmol/L 579(95.4)
Overall prevalence of diabetes,
n=612
Gestational diabetes mellitus 26(4.3)
Diabetes in pregnancy 7(1.1)
No diabetes 579(94.6)