Women from a low-risk group have a 2.8% prevalence rate of GDM. The pregnancy outcomes of women with GDM from a low-risk group are similar to the outcomes of other women with GDM. Concerning the use of the 75-g glucose tolerance test in pregnancy, the recommendation not to test women from a low-risk group requires further evaluation in different populations before it can be endorsed.
After adjustment for the gestational age of delivery, women with GDM do not themselves have either a lower or higher birth weight than a matched group. These data suggest that women with GDM are either not a good surrogate for investigating the relationship between birth weight and type 2 diabetes or that correction for the gestational age of delivery removes the most important confounding variable. It is also possible that modern dietary changes may have altered the relationship.
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