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ey0018.2-16 | Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Neonatal and Long-term Consequences | ESPEYB18

2.16. Probiotics for preventing gestational diabetes

SJ Davidson , HL Barrett , SA Price , LK Callaway , M Dekker Nitert

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Apr 19;4:CD009951. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009951.pub3. PMID: 33870484.In summary, this review did not find certain evidence to support the use of probiotics to reduce the risk of GDM. Only 2 studies suggested a possible reduction in the risk of GDM with probiotics. More importantly, and of concern, the review found a high degree of certainty that th...