Objective: Women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at risk to develop Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM(2)). The aim of this study was to compare the effect of three international diagnostic criteria on the prevalence of GDM with its implications for prevention of DM(2 )in the population.
Materials And Methods: One thousand one hundred and seventy-two pregnant women, who underwent the 75-g oral glucose tolerance test for routine, antenatal GDM screening, were classified using the criteria of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS).