In our study, investigators prospectively enrolled gestational-age matched 40 women with history of HG and 39 women with history of healthy pregnancy in postpartum period, in Kayseri Education and Research Hospital, a tertiary teaching hospital in Kayseri, Turkey between january and december 2015.
The study population consisted of 2 groups; (1) the hyperemesis gravidarum group, consist of 25 pregnant women who developed dehydration due to HG between 6 and 13 gestational weeks and between 18 and 35 years (2) the normal pregnancy group, consisting of 25 pregnant women.
HG was defined according