Research Article

Comparison of the Screening Tests for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus between “One-Step” and “Two-Step” Methods among Thai Pregnant Women

Table 3

Comparison of baseline characteristics of pregnancies with GDM between the groups diagnosed by the one-step and two-step techniques.

CharacteristicsOne step (n = 89)Two step (n = 38) value

Maternal age28.7 ± 5.028.5 ± 5.30.903
Maternal weight (at screening)60.4 ± 10.361.3 ± 7.60.617
Maternal BMI22.2 ± 9.521.5 ± 2.80.664
Prepregnancy weight52.2 ± 8.052.3 ± 8.20.974
Gestational age at screening (weeks)25.5 ± 1.425.6 ± 1.50.788
Fasting blood glucose88 ± 788 ± 50.879
Multiparity, n (%)36 (40.4%)20 (52.6%)0.205