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Quantitative analysis showed that the content of isobutyric acid in the three pregnancy complications groups (the GDM, PE, and ICP groups) was significantly higher than that in the NP group (p &amp;lt; 0.05), and other SCFAs also showed significant differences in the three pregnancy complications groups compared with the NP group (p &amp;lt; 0.05). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis of the generalized linear model showed that multiple SCFAs were highly sensitive and specific as diagnostic markers in the pregnancy complications groups, where isobutyric acid was highly predictive in GDM (area under the ROC curve (AUC) = 0.764) and PE (AUC = 1), and caproic acid was highly predictive in ICP (AUC = 0.968), with potential clinical application.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The metabolic products of intestinal flora, SCFAs, during pregnancy are closely related to pregnancy complications (GDM, PE, and ICP), and SCFAs can be used as potential markers of pregnancy complications.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcimb.2022.1071029","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,11]],"date-time":"2023-01-11T23:25:50Z","timestamp":1673479550000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["Expression and clinical significance of short-chain fatty acids in pregnancy complications"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Siqian","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jialin","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuaijun","family":"Ren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yajie","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuping","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rongrong","family":"Xuan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fphys.2015.00164","article-title":"Antimicrobial and immune modulatory effects of lactic acid and short chain fatty acids produced by vaginal microbiota associated with eubiosis and bacterial vaginosis","volume":"6","author":"Aldunate","year":"2015","journal-title":"Front. 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