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Table 2 Criteria used to assess adequacy of postpartum T2DM screening for women with GDM

From: Postpartum care for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus across urban, rural and remote locations: a protocol for a cohort linkage study

1.

Diagnosed with GDM in last pregnancy only (not any previous pregnancy) and:

 
 

Is more than 6 weeks but less than 6 months postpartum and has not had a ‘6 week’ OGTT;

 
 

Is more than 6 months postpartum but less than 2 years and has not had a ‘1 year’ OGTT;

 
 

Is more than 2 years postpartum and previously identified ‘impaired glucose tolerance’ on any test (OGTT, FPG, HBA1C or RPG), and has not had an OGTT in the past year.

 
 

Is more than 3 years postpartum and has not had an OGTT in the last 2 years

 
 

Had a FPG or RPG on any of the above occasions which was within the ‘impaired’ or ‘abnormal’ glucose tolerance range (as outlined in Table 3) and did not have an OGTT.

 

2.

Diagnosed with pre-existing T2DM in pregnancy and no record of any postpartum tests