Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Simplifying the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Diagnostic Algorithm Using Fasting Plasma Glucose

In their comment letter, Mahdavian et al. (1) wonder about a wider application of our data (2) because, in a cohort of 459 pregnant women, their results were different. Mahdavian et al. have missed the very essence of our study, which was never meant to be a “fractional interpretation of IADPSG recommendations.” Also, nowhere do we question “the helpfulness of the full 2-h oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).” On the contrary, we have categorically stated that the current IADPSG guidelines are based on sound scientific data and that they provide the solution …