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However, there was limited literature on longitudinal studies exploring the changes in miRNA expression during pregnancy and postpartum to understand the changes in their expression levels in GDM patients. Methods: Blood samples from thirty GDM subjects and twenty normoglycemic pregnant women (NGT) were collected between 24 and 28 weeks of their pregnancy, and follow-up samples from the same subjects were collected till 12 weeks postpartum (FGDM and FNGT, respectively). Three candidate miRNAs, hsa-miR-16-5p, hsa-miR-17-5p, and hsa-miR-20a-5p, were quantified from their plasma samples using RT-qPCR. Comparative analysis of these miRNA expression levels was made between different groups. Results: hsa-miR-16-5p, hsa-miR-17-5p, and hsa-miR-20a-5p expression were significantly higher in GDM patients when compared to NGT subjects. Interestingly, hsa-miR-17-5p has shown consistent upregulation in FGDM even after these patients turned normoglycemic. Additionally, hsa-miR-16-5p was found to be higher in FGDM patients compared to FNGT subjects. Conclusions: The present study corroborated the finding of differential expression of hsa-miR-16-5p, hsa-miR-17-5p, and hsa-miR-20a-5p in GDM. 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