Fig. 1From: Does charge-free screening improve detection of gestational diabetes in women from deprived areas: a cross-sectional studyYearly rates of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) diagnoses from 2008 to 2014 (numbers of pregnancies without pre-gestational diabetes in brackets) in Bavaria, Germany, by deprivation quintiles (Q1-Q5, plot a), and yearly odds ratios with corresponding 95 % confidence intervals for Q5 compared to reference Q1 (plot b, all estimates adjusted for maternal obesity, age, migration background and single mother status). In 2011, the criteria for GDM diagnosis were revised in Germany following WHO recommendations. In 2012, charge-free GDM screening, following a two-step procedure, was established in GermanyBack to article page