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ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2022

The impact of prenatal screening tests on prenatal diagnosis in Taiwan from 2006 to 2019: a regional cohort study.

Ching Hua Hsiao, Ching Hsuan Chen, Po Jen Cheng, Steven W Shaw, Woei Chyn Chu, Ran Chou Chen

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Ching Hua HsiaoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei City Hospital, Women and Children Campus, 155 Linong Street, Sec. 2, Beitou, Taipei, 112, Taiwan. hsiaochh2866@gmail.com.
Ching Hsuan ChenDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei City Hospital, Women and Children Campus, 155 Linong Street, Sec. 2, Beitou, Taipei, 112, Taiwan.
Po Jen ChengDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital- Linkou Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Steven W ShawDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital- Taipei Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Woei Chyn ChuDepartmen of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 155 Linong Street, Sec. 2, Beitou, Taipei, 112, Taiwan.
Ran Chou ChenDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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backgroundThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of prenatal screening tests on prenatal diagnosis in Taiwan's 14 years from 2006 to 2019.

methodsThe prenatal screening methods evolved from the second-trimester serum screening to combined first-trimester screening (cFTS) and then followed by the non-invasive cell-free DNA prenatal test (NIPT). The data used by the Department of Statistics, the Ministry of Health and Welfare and Department of Household Registration, Ministry of the Interior public website.

resultsThis regional registry-based cohort retrospective study examined a total of 2,775,792 births from January 2006 to December 2019. The proportion of advanced maternal age (AMA) pregnancies increased from 11.63% in 2006 to 30.94% in 2019. Overall, invasive diagnostic testing was used in 87.22% of AMA pregnancies. The prenatal detection rate of trisomy 21 and 18 increased from 74.1% and 83.3% in 2006 to 96.9% and 98.8% in 2019, respectively.

conclusionDuring the second-trimester and cFTS periods, the percentage of AMA pregnancies increased every year and the number of invasive procedures also accompany with increased percentage of AMA. However, during the period that NIPT were implemented, the percentage of invasive procedures decreased.

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Cohort StudiesCytodiagnosisDown SyndromeFemaleHumansMaternal AgeMaternal Serum Screening TestsNoninvasive Prenatal TestingPregnancyPregnancy TrimestersPrenatal DiagnosisRegistriesRetrospective StudiesTaiwanTrisomy 13 SyndromeTrisomy 18 SyndromeCombined first-trimester screening (cFTS)Non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT)Prenatal cytogenetic diagnosisSecond-trimester serum screening

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