A nurse is teaching a client who is at 18 weeks of gestation about exercise during pregnancy

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Diagnostic criterion for gestational diabetes mellitus (WHO 2013) and diabetes mellitus in pregnancy (WHO 2006)[5]

Gestational diabetes mellitusDiabetes mellitus in pregnancy
Fasting plasma glucose level≥ 5.1-6.9 mmol/L≥ 7.0 mmol/ L
OROR
75 g oral glucose tolerance test levels1 h: ≥ 10.0 mmol/K1: Not required
2 h: ≥ 8.5-11.0 mmol/L2 h: ≥ 11.1 mmol/L
Random plasma glucose levelNot required≥ 11.0 mmol/L