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. 2024 Sep 30;16(19):3329. doi: 10.3390/nu16193329
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((“Vegetarians”[MeSH] OR “Diet, Vegetarian”[MeSH] OR “Vegans”[MeSH] OR
“Diet, Vegan”[MeSH] OR vegan*[tiab] OR vegetarian*[tiab] OR plant-base*[tiab]
OR plantbase*[tiab]))
AND
(((“Pregnancy Outcome”[Mesh] OR maternal outcome*[tiab] OR “Diabetes,
Gestational”[Mesh] OR “Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced”[Mesh] OR “Pre-
Eclampsia”[Mesh] OR “HELLP Syndrome”[Mesh] OR “Anemia”[Mesh] OR “Fetal
Growth Retardation”[Mesh] OR “Fetal Macrosomia”[Mesh] OR “Infant, Low Birth
Weight”[Mesh] OR “gestational diabetes*”[tiab] OR “high blood pressure*”[tiab]
OR pre-eclampsia*[tiab] OR preeclampsia*[tiab] OR toxemia*[tiab] OR
macrosomia*[tiab] OR anemia*[tiab] OR anaemia*[tiab]) OR (fetal*[tiab] OR
fetus*[tiab] OR foetus*[tiab] OR embryo*[tiab]) AND (grow*[tiab] OR size*[tiab]
OR develop*[tiab] OR outcome*[tiab]) OR (ctal*[tiab] OR newborn*[tiab] OR
birth*[tiab]) AND (size*[tiab] OR weight*[tiab] OR birthweight[tiab] OR
develop*[tiab] OR outcome*[tiab])) OR ((intra-uterine[tiab] OR intrauterine[tiab])
AND (grow*[tiab] OR develop*[tiab])))

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vegan*.ti,ab,kw. OR vegetarian*.ti,ab,kw. OR plant-base*.ti,ab,kw. OR
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AND
(exp pregnancy outcome/OR exp pregnancy diabetes mellitus/OR exp maternal
hypertension/OR exp hellp syndrome/OR exp preeclampsia/OR exp”eclampsia and
preeclampsia”/OR exp anemia/OR exp intrauterine growth retardation/OR exp
macrosomia/OR exp low birth weight/OR maternal outcome*.ti,ab,kw. OR
“pregnancy diabetes melitus”*.ti,ab,kw. OR hypertensi*.ti,ab,kw. OR “high blood
pressure”*.ti,ab,kw. OR pre-eclampsia*.ti,ab,kw. OR preeclampsia*.ti,ab,kw. OR
toxemia*.ti,ab,kw. OR macrosomia*.ti,ab,kw. OR anemia*.ti,ab,kw. OR
anaemia*.ti,ab,kw. OR ((fetal*.ti,ab,kw. OR fetus*.ti,ab,kw. OR foetus*.ti,ab,kw.
OR embryo*.ti,ab,kw.) AND (grow*.ti,ab,kw. OR size*.ti,ab,kw. OR
develop*.ti,ab,kw. OR outcome*.ti,ab,kw.)) OR ((neonatal*.ti,ab,kw. OR
newborn*.ti,ab,kw. OR birth*.ti,ab,kw.) AND (size*.ti,ab,kw. OR weight*.ti,ab,kw.
OR birthweight*.ti,ab,kw. OR develop*.ti,ab,kw. OR outcome*.ti,ab,kw.)) OR
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develop*.ti,ab,kw.)))

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(MeSH descriptor: [Vegans] explode all trees OR MeSH descriptor: [Vegetarians]
explode all trees OR MeSH descriptor: [Diet, Vegan] explode all trees OR MeSH
descriptor: [Diet, Vegetarian] explode all trees OR vegan* OR vegetarian* OR plant-
base* OR plantbase*) AND
MeSH descriptor: [Pregnancy Outcome] explode all
trees OR MeSH descriptor: [Diabetes, Gestational] explode all trees OR MeSH
descriptor: [Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced] explode all trees OR MeSH
descriptor: [Pre-Eclampsia] explode all trees OR MeSH descriptor: [HELLP
Syndrome] explode all trees OR MeSH descriptor: [Anemia] explode all trees OR
MeSH descriptor: [Fetal Growth Retardation] explode all trees OR MeSH descriptor:
[Fetal Macrosomia] explode all trees OR MeSH descriptor: [Infant, Low Birth
Weight] explode all trees OR gestational diabetes* OR high blood pressure* OR pre-
eclampsia* OR preeclampsia* OR toxemia* or macrosomia* OR anemia* OR
anaemia* OR ((fetal* OR fetus* OR foetus* OR embryo*) AND (grow* OR size*
OR develop* OR outcome*)) OR ((neonatal* OR newborn* OR birth*) AND (size*
OR weight* OR birthweight* OR outcome*)) OR ((intra-uterine* OR intrauterine*)
AND (grow* OR develop*)