Gestational diabetes mellitus: Challenges for different ethnic groups

Table 2 Diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes mellitus prior to recommendations by the International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group in 2010

	ADA-NDDG[65]	ADIPS[19]	NZSSD[66]	WHO (1999)[17]	CDA[67]	EASD[62]
Glucose load (g)	100	75	75	75	75	75
FPG (mmol/L)	5.3	5.5	5.5	7	5.3	6
1-h Glc (mmol/L)	10	-	-	-	10.6	-
2-h Glc (mmol/L)	8.6	8	9	7.8	9	9
3-h Glc (mmol/L)	7.8	-	-	-	-	-
Abnormal results to diagnose GDM	2 or more	1 or more	1 or more	1 or more	1 or more	1 or more

ADA-NDDG: American Diabetes Association National Diabetes Diagnostic Group; ADIPS: Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society; NZSSD: New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes; WHO: World Health Organization; CDA: Canadian Diabetes Association; EASD: European Association for the Study of Diabetes; FPG: Fasting plasma glucose; Glc: Glucose; GDM: Gestational diabetes mellitus.