The preterm prediction study : The value of new vs standard risk factors in predicting early and all spontaneous preterm births

• Published in: American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 88; no. 2; pp. 233 - 238
• Main Authors: GOLDENBERG, R. L, IAMS, J. D, MIODOVNIK, M, VAN DORSTEN, J. P, CARITIS, S. N, THURNAU, G. R, BOTTOMS, S. F, MERCER, B. M, MEIS, P. J, MOAWAD, A. H, COOPER, R. L, DAS, A, THOM, E, JOHNSON, F, MCNELLIS, D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Public Health Association 01-02-1998
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Medical sciences; Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta; Premature births; Risk factors; USA; England; United Kingdom; Great Britain; Europe; Human; Newborn; Prematurity; Risk factor; Prediction; Epidemiology; Public health
• ISSN: 0090-0036; 1541-0048
• DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.2.233

Explored the relationship between fetal fibronectin, short cervix, bacterial vaginosis, other traditional risk factors, and spontaneous preterm birth. From 1992-1994, 2929 women were screened at the gestational age of 22-24 weeks. The odds ratios for spontaneous preterm birth were highest for fetal fibronectin, followed by a short cervix and history of preterm birth. These factors, as well as bacterial vaginosis, were more strongly associated with early than with late spontaneous preterm birth. Bacterial vaginosis was more common in Black women, while body mass index less than 19.8 was a stronger predictor in non-Black women. (Original abstract - amended)