Objectives: To determine the correlation between decreased or increased retinol-binding protein (RBP) levels during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Study Design: A retrospective cohort study was conducted to analyze the data of 16,094 pregnant women who participated in serum RBP level detection during pregnancy. The chi-square test or Mann-Whitney U test was used for univariate analysis of qualitative or quantitative data.
We aimed to investigate the predictive ability of serum levels of D-dimer (DD) in the first trimester for the occurrence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). In this retrospective, case-cohort study, we measured the levels of DD, plasma pregnancy-associated protein A (PAPP-A), and free -subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (free -hCG) and analyzed fetal nuchal translucency (NT) in 150 healthy gravidas, 126 cases of gestational hypertension (GH), 53 cases of preeclampsia (PE), and 41 cases with severe preeclampsia (SPE). Likelihood ratio models and risk models were built using single markers (DD, PAPP-A, free -hCG, and NT) and combinations of those markers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study investigated whether maternal serum D-dimer (DD) alone or DD combined with alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and free β-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (free β-hCG) in the second trimester could be used to predict hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP).
Materials And Methods: In this retrospective case-control study, the data of gravidas patients who delivered at hospital were divided into the following groups: control (n = 136), gestational hypertension (GH, n = 126), preeclampsia (PE, n = 53), and severe preeclampsia (SPE, n = 41). Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves were used to evaluate the diagnostic value of maternal serum DD, AFP, and free β-hCG levels for HDP.
Zhejiang Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
May 2017
Objective: To assess the detection of maternal serum alpha fetoprotein (MSAFP) and free beta-HCG levels of second trimester for screening of fetal gastroschisis and omphalocele.
Methods: Clinical data of 622 639 pregnant women from 5 prenatal screening centers in Hangzhou during October 2007 and September 2016 were analyzed retrospectively. Thirty cases of gastroschisis and 30 cases of omphalocele diagnosed by ultrasonography and postmortem findings were enrolled in the study and 116 cases of pregnant women with normal fetal development during the same period were selected as control group.