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Following the implementation of universal diagnostic criteria in our clinical practice, this study was undertaken to assess their applicability and to determine whether locally conducted clinical studies are beneficial before adopting globally applicable criteria. By retrospectively analyzing parameters relevant to GDM from medical records, we aimed to determine the suitability of existing diagnostic criteria for our population, taking into account distinct socioeconomic, demographic, and genetic factors, and to assess the validity of alternative criteria. Materials and Methods: We used data from 2183 pregnant women who underwent 75 g-OGTT between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy. Results of the plasma glucose (PG) measurements were used to assign women into four diagnostic groups: diagnosed and treated by IADPSG criteria, diabetes mellitus in pregnancy identified according to WHO-2006 criteria, identified according to CDA-2013 criteria, and identified according to Tomic et al. criteria, based on a study on our population. Pregnancy outcomes were extracted from medical records. Results: The prevalence of GDM was 18.7% by IADPSG criteria, comparable to published data. Adverse pregnancy outcomes were consistently more frequent in GDM groups across all diagnostic systems (46.6\u201380% versus 33.9\u201335.9% in non-GDM). Maternal BMI \u2265 25 kg\/m2 was also associated with having large-for-gestational-age (LGA) neonates, contributing to the influence of hyperglycemia. Excessive gestational weight gain was a predictor of complications such as macrosomia and cesarean delivery. Conclusions: Before adopting universal GDM diagnostic criteria, population-specific studies are valuable to balance detection rates and clinical accuracy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina61122218","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,16]],"date-time":"2025-12-16T11:00:26Z","timestamp":1765882826000},"page":"2218","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Gestational Diabetes Using Different Diagnostic Criteria: A Study from the Northern Adriatic Region of Croatia"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"61","author":[{"given":"Iva","family":"Plisic","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Brace Branchetta 20, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5660-7624","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Oleg","family":"Petrovic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Brace Branchetta 20, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"},{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Kresimirova 42, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gabrijela","family":"Sopta Primorac","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Brace Branchetta 20, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"},{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Kresimirova 42, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2977-3686","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ksenija","family":"Bazdaric","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka, Viktora Cara Emina 5, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4222-3232","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marko","family":"Klaric","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Brace Branchetta 20, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"},{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Kresimirova 42, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6614-9778","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dubravka","family":"Jurisic-Erzen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Brace Branchetta 20, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"},{"name":"Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Kresimirova 42, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1667","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9378(91)90012-G","article-title":"Longitudinal changes in insulin release and insulin resistance in nonobese pregnant women","volume":"165","author":"Catalano","year":"1991","journal-title":"Am. 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