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Non-diabetic women with normal BMI and normal GWG (according to Institute of Medicine recommendations) served as a reference group.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> The prevalence of LGA birth was 12.2% among women with GDM and 6.2% among non-diabetic women (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). Among all women, normal GWG was associated with lower odds of LGA [odds ratio (OR) 0.57, 95% CI: 0.41\u20130.78]. Among women with both obesity and GDM, the odds for giving birth to a LGA infant was 2.25-fold (95% CI: 1.04\u20134.85) among those with normal GWG and 7.63-fold (95% CI: 4.25\u201313.7) among those with excess GWG compared with the reference group. Compared with excess GWG, normal GWG was associated with 0.71 SD (95% CI: 0.47\u20130.97) lower birth weight SD score among women with GDM and obesity. Newborns of normal weight women with GDM and normal GWG had 0.28 SD (95% CI: 0.05\u20130.51) lower birth weight SD scores compared with their counterparts with excess GWG. In addition, in the group of normal weight non-diabetic women, normal GWG was associated with 0.46 SD (95% CI: 0.30\u20130.61) lower birth weight SD scores compared with excess GWG.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> GDM, obesity, and excess GWG are associated with higher risk for LGA infants. 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