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This study aimed to investigate the prospective associations between pre-pregnancy dairy consumption and risk of GDM among Chinese women.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 1,012 women aged 18\u201340\u202fyears were enrolled from a prospective cohort between 2022 and 2024. Dairy consumption 1 year before pregnancy was collected by food frequency questionnaire. To screen for GDM, participants were scheduled for an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at 24\u201328\u202fweeks of gestation. Logistic regression and restricted cubic spline analyses were conducted to analyze the associations between dairy consumption and risk of GDM.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      During the follow-up, 126 (12.5%) were diagnosed with GDM. Compared with non-consumers of room-temperature-storage yogurt, women in the highest tertile of consumption had 2.64-fold higher odds of GDM (OR: 2.64, 95% CI: 1.25\u20135.38) after adjusting for potential confounders. In subgroup analyses, the positive associations between room-temperature-storage yogurt consumption and risk of GDM were observed in women who were 30\u202fyears and older, whose pre-pregnancy BMI was lower than 24.0\u202fkg\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      , and who were multiparas. No significant association was found for consumption of total dairy, whole milk, low-fat milk, refrigerated yogurt, or pregnant milk powder.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our results indicated that higher consumption of room-temperature-storage yogurt before pregnancy might be a risk factor for GDM. 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