The effects of Helicobacter pylori infection on pregnancy-related diseases and fetal development in diabetes in pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to determine the association of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection with pregnancy-related diseases and fetal development in women with diabetes in pregnancy (DIP).

Methods

All the participants were recruited before 16 weeks of gestation. According to their medical history and the results of a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test at the 24^th week of pregnancy, the participants were divided into a normal control group (NC group), a gestational diabetes mellitus group (GDM group), and a pre-pregnancy diabetes mellitus group (PGDM group). According to the results of an H. pylori serum antibody detection test, each group was further divided into two subgroups: an H. pylori positive subgroup (HP+ subgroup

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8106047 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature