Research Article

Analysis of Pregnancy Outcomes Using the New IADPSG Recommendation Compared with the Carpenter and Coustan Criteria in an Area with a Low Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes

Table 2

Differences in oral glucose tolerance tests results between the new GDM group, the old GDM group, and NGT group.

Mean plasma glucose mg/dL (SD)New GDM
Group 1
P  
1 versus 2
Old GDM
Group 2
P  
2 versus 3
NGT
Group 3
P  
1 versus 3

N (%)160 (2.4) 222 (3.3)6345 (94.3)
0 min85.6 (10.8)<0.00192.0 (18.1)<0.00177.8 (6.1)<0.001
60 min 164.2 (28.0)<0.001191.3 (32.8)<0.001133.9 (23.3)<0.001
120 min 147.1 (25.9)<0.001180.1 (31.2)<0.001119.6 (19.8)<0.001

GDM: gestational diabetes; new GDM group: prior classified normal by old criteria and now GDM according to the new IADPSG criteria; old GDM group: classified GDM according to Carpenter and Coustan criteria (old criteria); NGT: normal glucose tolerance; SD: standard deviation.