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

Table 4

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

Outcomes	One step (n = 89)	Two step (n = 38)	value
Gestational age at delivery (weeks)	37.5 ± 3.1	38.5 ± 2.2	0.083
Birthweight (grams)	3009 ± 666	3204 ± 555	0.022
Neonatal glucose	55 ± 34	64 ± 28	0.080
Preterm birth	15 (16.9%)	6 (15.8%)	0.882
Low Apgar score, n (%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0.512
Small-for-gestational age (<5 centile), n (%)	5 (5.6%)	2 (5.3%)	0.841
Large-for-gestational age, n (%)	12 (13.5%)	11 (28.9%)	0.115
Pregnancy-induced hypertension, n (%)	6 (6.7%)	3 (7.9%)	0.817
Cesarean section rate, n (%)	20 (22.5%)	10 (26.3)	0.641