Screening and diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus – relevance to low and middle income countries

Table 2 Risk factors to screen for GDM [Recommended by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) [9]]

• Age ≥25 years
• BMI ≥25 kg/m ² in Americans and BMI ≥23 kg/m ² in Asian Americans
• High risk ethnic groups – South Asian, Aboriginal, Hispanic
• Previous history of GDM
• Family history of type 2 diabetes
• History of poor obstetric outcomes – congenital malformations, still birth etc.

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