Prediabetes and cardiovascular complications study: Highlights on gestational diabetes, self-management and primary health care

Table 1 Proposed gestational diabetes risk assessment and screening sheet

SN	Assessment stage	Factor	Yes	No
1	Initial routine data	Age > 35 yr
2		Overweight1 (BMI > 25)
3		Hypertension
4		Sedentary lifestyle2
5		Family history of diabetes
6	Previous history	GDM
7		Miscarriage
8		Foetal/neonatal death
9		Polycystic ovary syndrome
10	Antenatal monitoring	Presentation of GDM symptoms
11		Excess gestational weight gain3
12		Foetal growth
13		Macrosomia
14	Lab tests5	Urinalysis for glucosuria
15		Blood sugar test4

Keys to positive risk factors for ‘Yes’ response.

¹Especially obesity (body mass index > 30), which also defines nutritional status.

²Activities of daily living being non-physical and/or mainly sitting position.

³> 1.80 kg in first trimester and/or > 0.45 kg per week during the rest of pregnancy.

⁴Interpret according to method.

⁵For antenatal GDM screening.

GDM: Gestational diabetes.