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However, there are ethnic variations in the relationship between GWG and pregnancy outcomes. We aimed to establish the criteria for optimal GWG during twin pregnancy in Japan. The study included cases of dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy registered in the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology Successive Pregnancy Birth Registry System between 2013 and 2017. We analyzed data for cases wherein both babies were appropriate for gestational age and delivered at term. Cases were classified into four groups based on the pre-pregnancy BMI: underweight (BMI &lt;18.5 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>), normal weight (18.5 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> \u2264BMI&lt; 25.0 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>), overweight (25.0 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> \u2264BMI&lt; 30.0 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>), and obese (BMI \u226530.0 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>) and we calculated the 25<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\u201375<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup> percentile range for GWG for the cases. The 3,936 cases were included. The GWG ranges were 11.5\u201316.5 kg, 10.3\u201316.0 kg, 6.9\u201314.7 kg, and 2.2\u201311.7 kg in the underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese groups, respectively. Thus, in the current study, the optimal GWG during twin pregnancy was lower than that specified by the IOM criteria. 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