Research Article

Factors in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Predicting the Needs for Insulin Therapy

Table 3

AUC of ROC of FBG, HbA1c, OGTT 2 h plasma glucose, and BMI for need of AIT.

VariableArea (95% CI)Cutoff valueSensitivitySpecificity

FBG at time of OGTT0.80 ()<0.0015.690.6730.797
HbA1c at time of OGTT0.77 ()0.0445.850.6930.732
OGTT 2 h plasma glucose0.73 ()<0.00110.800.6120.754
Pregestational BMI 0.51 ()0.804

Curve area compared with FBG at time of OGTT; curve area compared with 0.5.