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Gut microbiota aberrations precede diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus

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Abbreviations

AUC:

The area under curve

GDM:

Gestational diabetes

hs-CRP:

High sensitive CRP

OR:

Odds ratio

OTUs:

Operational taxonomic units

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Acknowledgements

The study was funded by the Academy of Finland (#258606), State research funding for university-level health research of the Turku University Hospital Expert Responsibility Area, the Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation (personal funding for KM) and the Finnish Cultural Foundation (Varsinais-Suomi Regional Fund) (personal funding for KM).

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  1. Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland

    Kati Mokkala, Noora Houttu, Eveliina Munukka & Kirsi Laitinen

  2. Department of Clinical Medicine, Biostatistics, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland

    Tero Vahlberg

  3. TUCS Microbiology and Genetics, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland

    Eveliina Munukka

  4. Department of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland

    Tapani Rönnemaa

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KM and KL designed the study, TV performed the statistical analyses, KM and KL wrote the first draft of the article and finalized the article. All authors contributed to the interpretation of the results and the writing of the manuscript.

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Mokkala, K., Houttu, N., Vahlberg, T. et al. Gut microbiota aberrations precede diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus. Acta Diabetol 54, 1147–1149 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-017-1056-0

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