Appropriate Timing of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis in Medium- and Low-Risk Women: Effectiveness of the Italian NHS Recommendations in Preventing Fetal Macrosomia

Table 1

Clinical and demographic characteristics of enrolled pregnant women.

Characteristics
Caucasian	759 (98.7%)
Age (years)
years	227 (29.6%)
Family history of T2D	321 (41.7%)
Pregravid BMI (kg/m^2)
Pregravid  kg/m^2	121 (15.7%)
Previous GDM	48 (6.2%)
Previous macrosomia	24 (3.1%)
	288 (37.5%)
HR	164 (21.3%)
MR	457 (59.4%)
LR	148 (19.2%)

Data are expressed as or (%). T2D: type 2 diabetes; BMI: body mass index; GDM: gestational diabetes mellitus; HR: high risk; MR: medium risk; LR: low risk. Stratified by the Italian National Healthcare Service (NHS) guidelines [17].