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Table 1 Rates of GDM and the reclassification of the diagnosis of GDM using the 1999 and 2013 WHO criteria

From: Impact of adopting the 2013 World Health Organization criteria for diagnosis of gestational diabetes in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort: a prospective study

 

GDM based on 1999 WHO criteria

GDM based on 2013 WHO Criteriaa

Non-GDM based on both 1999 and 2013 WHO criteriaa (Group 1)

Reclassified from GDM to non-GDM using 2013 WHO criteriaa (Group 2)

Reclassified from non-GDM to GDM using 2013 WHO criteria (Group 3)

GDM based on both 1999 and 2013 WHO criteria (Group 4)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Chinese (n = 625)

127 (20.3)

74 (11.8)b

490 (78.4)

61 (9.8)

8 (1.3)

66 (10.6)

Malay (n = 278)

32 (11.5)

33 (11.9)

234 (84.2)

11 (4.0)

12 (4.3)

21 (7.6)

Indian (n = 189)

45 (23.8)

35 (18.5)

137 (72.5)

17 (9.0)

7 (3.7)

28 (14.8)

Total (n = 1092)

204 (18.7)

142 (13.0)b

861 (78.8)

89 (8.2)

27 (2.5)

115 (10.5)

  1. GDM gestational diabetes mellitus, WHO World Health Organization
  2. awithout the 1-h plasma glucose measure
  3. bdifferences in GDM rates based on 1999 vs 2013 WHO criteria; P < 0.001 based on McNemar’s test