Comparison of the world health organization and the international association of diabetes and pregnancy study groups criteria in diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus in South Indians

Sir, We read with great interest the article by Nallaperumal et al., [1] which shows that according to a single World Health Organization (WHO) cutoff of 2 hour plasma glucose >140 mg/dl is suitable for screening of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in our country. DIPSI criteria is nothing but a modified version of WHO criteria in which 2-hour plasma glucose >140 mg/dl following 75 gram of glucose oral tolerance test (irrespective of the fasting status of pregnant mothers) is considered diagnostic of GDM.