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However, there is limited evidence of the association between prepregnant hypoglycemia and adverse pregnancy outcomes in women without pre-existing diabetes. This study aims to explore the association between maternal preconception hypoglycemia and adverse pregnancy outcomes among childbearing-aged women in China.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nMethods and findings<\/jats:title>\nThis was a retrospective cohort study of the National Free Preconception Checkup Project (NFPCP), including women who were aged 20\u201349, successfully conceived within one year without multiple gestations, and had complete information on pregnancy outcomes. Maternal fasting plasma glucose (FPG) concentrations were analyzed in the preconception examination stage, and women were divided into normal (FPG 3.9 to <5.6 mmol\/L) and hypoglycemia (FPG\u2009<\u20093.9 mmol\/L) groups. Adverse pregnancy outcomes included medical abortion, miscarriage or early stillbirth, preterm birth (PTB), macrosomia, low birth weight (LBW), large for gestational age (LGA), small for gestational age (SGA), birth defects, and perinatal death. Baseline characteristics of the two groups were balanced using inverse probability treatment weighting (IPTW) based on propensity scores. Both multivariable-adjusted and IPTW odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to assess the association between preconception hypoglycemia and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Models adjusted for maternal age, ethnicity, educational level, occupation, region of gross domestic product, smoking, passive smoking, alcohol consumption, maternal preconception body mass index (BMI), parity, history of adverse pregnancy outcome, preconception medicine use, folic acid intake, diabetes, hypertension, anemia, thyroid disorder, liver disorder, and infection. ORs of adverse pregnancy outcomes with preconception hypoglycemia stratified by BMI were also reported. Among 4,866,919 women who participated in NFPCP during 2013\u20132016, 239,128 (4.91%) had preconception hypoglycemia. Compared to the normal group, women with preconception hypoglycemia had increased IPTW-multivariate adjusted ORs of PTB by 10% (95% CI [1.08, 1.12], P<\/jats:italic>\u2009<\u20090.001), LBW by 8% (95% CI [1.03, 1.12], P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001), SGA by 7% (95% CI [1.05, 1.08], P<\/jats:italic>\u2009<\u20090.001), and birth defects by 21% (95% CI [1.06, 1.37], P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.004), while the ORs of medical abortion decreased by 6% (95% CI [0.91, 0.98], P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.002), miscarriage or early stillbirth by 5% (95% CI [0.92, 0.97], P<\/jats:italic>\u2009<\u20090.001), macrosomia by 12% (95% CI [0.86, 0.90], P<\/jats:italic>\u2009<\u20090.001), and LGA by 12% (95% CI [0.86, 0.89], P<\/jats:italic>\u2009<\u20090.001) if mothers had a preconception hypoglycemia. The associations of maternal preconception hypoglycemia and adverse pregnancy outcomes varied among BMI groups. Among underweight women, preconception hypoglycemia was associated with a lower risk of medical abortion, miscarriage or early stillbirth, LGA, and PID, while overweight women had a lower risk of macrosomia and LGA. Moreover, a higher risk of miscarriage or early stillbirth and PTB was observed in obesity and underweight, respectively, in association with preconception hypoglycemia. Main limitations in the current study included the limited generalizability in other countries with varying disparities in healthcare and the lack of information on certain potential confounders (such as gestational complications and whether they received any related intervention after preconception examination).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nConclusion<\/jats:title>\nPreconception hypoglycemia was significantly associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, and maternal preconception BMI could modify the association. 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