Association between mid-trimester cervical length and risk of spontaneous preterm birth is modified by a prior cervical excisional procedure.

Lu Chen, Jing He, Qian Yue, Chaonan Zhu, Wei Shen, Min Yao, Hong Wen

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Article in International journal of clinical and experimental pathology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lu ChenDepartment of Obstetrics, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou 310006, China.

Jing HeDepartment of Obstetrics, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou 310006, China.

Qian YueDepartment of Obstetrics, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou 310006, China.

Chaonan ZhuLejiu Healthcare Technology 1515 Gumei Road, Building #19, 19th Floor, Shanghai 200233, China.

Wei ShenLejiu Healthcare Technology 1515 Gumei Road, Building #19, 19th Floor, Shanghai 200233, China.

Min YaoDepartment of Surgery, Limb Preservation and Wound Care Clinical Research Program, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine 650 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.

Hong WenDepartment of Obstetrics, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou 310006, China.

Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University · CN

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Abstract

To determine whether and how prior cervical excision modifies the association between a short residual mid-trimester cervical length and the risk of spontaneous preterm birth (SPB). This is a retrospective cohort study on spontaneous preterm birth (SPB) in a total of 1875 patients with and without prior cervical excisional procedure (CEP, loop electrosurgical excision procedure or cold knife cone). Adjusting for potential confounders, we conducted a logistic regression analysis, along with a test of interaction between prior history of CEP and cervical length on SPB. Among 1875 women, there were 274 patients who experienced preterm birth (33.9%). Risk of SPB is significantly associated with age, BMI, cervical length (CL), gestational week at measurement of CL by ultrasonography, multipara, history of preterm birth,

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cervical excisional procedureCervical lengthspontaneous preterm birth

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