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We examined this association in a multicenter cross-sectional study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Women attending three tertiary hospitals in Suzhou, China, from February to November 2025 completed a food-frequency questionnaire at 24 to 28 gestational weeks, recalling the preceding three months. A 26-parameter Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) was calculated, and GDM was defined from 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) values. Logistic regression adjusted for demographic, socioeconomic, obstetric, behavioral, and hospital covariates.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The primary analysis included 1,071 women after removal of 23 exact duplicate records; 225 (21.0%) had GDM. Mean age was 29.28 years (SD 4.17), prepregnancy body mass index was 22.42 kg\/m\u00b2 (SD 3.28), and DII was 0.71 (SD 1.13). Each one-SD higher DII was associated with higher adjusted GDM odds (OR 1.26, 95% CI 1.06 to 1.51; P\u00a0=\u00a00.011). The adjusted quartile trend was not significant (P\u00a0=\u00a00.162), and there was no evidence of nonlinearity (P\u00a0=\u00a00.888). Among 803 women completing the questionnaire one to three days before OGTT, the estimate was attenuated and imprecise (OR 1.20, 95% CI 0.97 to 1.48).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Higher continuous DII was associated with GDM, but quartile and sensitivity analyses limited the consistency of the findings. 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