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The lack of a uniform GDM diagnostic criteria results in the inability to accurately combine or compare the disease burden worldwide and locally. This study aimed to compare the incidence of GDM in the Emirati population using six diagnostic criteria for GDM.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The Mutaba\u2019ah study is the largest multi-center mother and child cohort study in the UAE with an 18-year follow-up. We included singleton pregnancies from the Mutaba\u2019ah cohort screened with the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at 24\u201332 weeks from May 2017 to March 2021. We excluded patients with known diabetes and with newly diagnosed diabetes. GDM cumulative incidence was determined using the six specified criteria. GDM risk factors were compared using chi-square and t-tests. Agreements among the six criteria were assessed using kappa statistics.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 2,546 women were included with a mean age of 30.5 \u00b1 6.0 years. Mean gravidity was 3.5 \u00b1 2.1, and mean body mass index (BMI) at booking was 27.7 \u00b1 5.6 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>. GDM incidence as diagnosed by any of the six criteria collectively was 27.1%. It ranged from 8.4% according to the EASD 1996 criteria to 21.5% according to the NICE 2015 criteria. The two most inclusive criteria were the NICE 2015 and the IADPSG criteria with GDM incidence rates of 21.5% (95% CI: 19.9, 23.1) and 21.3% (95% CI: 19.8, 23.0), respectively. Agreement between the two criteria was moderate (k = 0.66; p &amp;lt; 0.001). The least inclusive was the EASD 1996 criteria [8.4% (95% CI: 7.3, 9.6)]. The locally recommended IADPSG\/WHO 2013 criteria had weak to moderate agreement with the other criteria, with Cohen\u2019s kappa coefficient ranging from (k = 0.51; p &amp;lt; 0.001) to (k = 0.71; p &amp;lt; 0.001). Most of the GDM risk factors assessed were significantly higher among those with GDM (p &amp;lt; 0.005) identified by all criteria.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The findings indicate discrepancies among the diagnostic criteria in identifying GDM cases. 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