Abstract
Objective To evaluate whether in symptomatic women, the combination of quantitative fetal fibronectin (fFN) testing and cervical length (CL) improves the prediction of preterm delivery (PTD) within 7 days compared with qualitative fFN and CL. Design Post hoc analysis of frozen fFN samples of a nationwide cohort study. Setting Ten perinatal centres in the Netherlands. Population Symptomatic women between 24 and 34 weeks of gestation. Methods The risk of PTD 500 ng/ml). Multivariable logistic regression showed an increasing risk of PTD in 500 ng/ml: OR 39, 95% CI 9.4-164] and shortening of the CL (OR 0.86 per mm, 95% CI 0.82-0.90). Use of quantitative fFN instead of qualitative fFN resulted in reclassification of 18 (5%) women from high to low risk, of whom one (6%) woman delivered within 7 days. Conclusion In symptomatic women, quantitative fFN testing does not improve the prediction of PTD within 7 days compared with qualitative fFN testing in combination with CL measurement in terms of reclassification from high to low (
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1965-1971 |
Journal | Bjog-an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
Volume | 123 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2016 |
Keywords
- Cervical length
- prediction
- pregnancy
- preterm labour
- quantitative fetal fibronectin