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. 2023 Jan 6;13:1041066. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1041066

Table 3.

Prevalence of preexisting diabetes mellitus, undiagnosed diabetes mellitus and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in different age groups by year in Taiwan in 2008-2017*.

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 P for trend
Preexisting diabetes (%)
 <30 years old 0.37 0.49 0.50 0.44 0.53 0.55 0.58 0.52 0.56 0.59 0.004
 30-34 years old 0.55 0.75 0.78 0.73 0.71 0.81 0.82 0.80 0.78 0.80 0.032
 ≥35 years old 1.00 1.19 1.22 1.24 1.17 1.17 1.31 1.28 1.39 1.25 0.015
Undiagnosed diabetes (%)
 <30 years old 0.16 0.13 0.14 0.12 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.24 0.24 0.34 0.006
 30-34 years old 0.22 0.21 0.19 0.16 0.22 0.23 0.22 0.24 0.32 0.36 0.010
 ≥35 years old 0.34 0.34 0.35 0.34 0.37 0.34 0.36 0.35 0.41 0.47 0.015
GDM (%)
 <30 years old 8.89 9.77 10.04 10.42 10.63 11.07 11.76 12.47 10.87 10.65 0.016
 30-34 years old 12.87 14.12 14.47 14.95 14.66 15.03 15.51 16.24 14.94 14.38 0.053
 ≥35 years old 15.49 16.25 17.24 18.19 18.30 18.90 18.78 19.39 18.19 18.24 0.009

Preexisting diabetes mellitus, diabetes diagnosed before pregnancy; undiagnosed diabetes, diabetes mellitus first detected in early pregnancy, before 20 weeks of gestation.

*Prevalence was calculated by using the number of women with the indicated disease in the age group in the year as the numerator and the number of all pregnant women in the age group in the year as the denominator.