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Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) screening was recommended in early pregnancy but barriers to uptake exist.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To examine uptake of screening for hyperglycaemia in pregnancy among Aboriginal women in remote NT communities and explore adverse pregnancy outcome rates among women who did not have early OGTT screening compared with women who did undergo screening in early pregnancy and those with pre-existing diabetes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Retrospective observational cohort study of pregnancies among Aboriginal women in remote NT clinics from January 2017 to December 2019. Screening for hyperglycaemia in pregnancy included having an early OGTT (&lt;20 weeks of gestation) or a routine OGTT (\u226520 weeks). Logistic regression was used to assess adverse pregnancy outcomes between those who did and did not have early OGTT screening and those with pre-existing diabetes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 1191 pregnancies in 52 remote communities, pre-existing type 2 diabetes (T2D) was diagnosed in 6.4% (n=76) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) was diagnosed in 13% (154\/1191). Excluding women with pre-existing diabetes, 226 (20%) had an early OGTT. Guideline-directed screening (with either (a) an early OGTT diagnosing GDM or (b) a negative early OGTT followed by a routine OGTT) occurred in 14% of pregnancies (n=158). Compared with women who had an early pregnancy OGTT, the combined adverse pregnancy outcome was more common among women with pre-existing T2D (89% vs 54%, adjusted OR 6.06 (95% CI 2.75 to 13.35)) and similar among women who did not undergo early OGTT (50%, adjusted OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.71 to 1.32)).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Uptake of guideline-directed screening in Aboriginal women in remote NT was low, although there was no difference in pregnancy outcomes for women who were and were not screened with an early OGTT. 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