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The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available via figshare, https://figshare.com/s/ba8375690f63478dc654
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We are thankful to all women that participated in the study and the study nurses that helped with the study.
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This work was supported by grant P1-0198 from the Slovene Research Agency. KM was a recipient of a PhD grant from the Slovene Research Agency. MT joined this study thanks to an interdisciplinary program "Through creativeness to knowledge" supported by Slovenian Ministry of education, science and sport and the European Social Fund.
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All authors participated in the study conception, data interpretation, critical revision of manuscript for important intellectual content and in the final approval of the version to be published. DBP was responsible for the clinical part of the study. MT and KM performed all the laboratory work and drafted the manuscript. DPB, MT and KM performed data analyses.
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Trajkova, M., Molan, K., Zugan, M. et al. Increased fecal indole concentration in women with gestational diabetes: a pilot study. Acta Diabetol 58, 241–243 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-020-01632-3
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