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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2025

Weekly changes in serum

Ruide Su, Yan Wang, Ye Lu, Bizhu Lin, Jian An

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ruide SuDepartment of Aristogenesis, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Yan WangDepartment of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Ye LuDepartment of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Bizhu LinDepartment of Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Jian AnDepartment of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1659-0263

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Abstract

ObjectiveTo investigate the efficacy of weekly measurement of β-human chorionic gonadotropin, estradiol, and progesterone levels for pregnancy assessment in patients with unexplained recurrent miscarriage.MethodsWe retrospectively included patients with unexplained recurrent miscarriage whose serum β-human chorionic gonadotropin, estradiol, and progesterone levels were measured three or more times during early pregnancy. The patients were divided into two groups according to pregnancy outcomes. The Δβ-human chorionic gonadotropin, Δestradiol, and Δprogesterone levels of the two groups were compared, and the corresponding cutoff values were determined using receiver operating characteristic analyses for predicting pregnancy outcome.ResultsA total of 140 patients were analyzed. From the 6th week to 10th week, the serum β-human chorionic gonadotropin and estradiol levels of the ongoing pregnancy group were significantly higher than those of the miscarriage group. The serum Δβ-human chorionic gonadotropin levels identified ongoing pregnancy or miscarriage with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.841 (95% confidence interval: 0.769-0.914) and diagnostic cutoff value of 30,633 mIU/mL. The Δestradiol levels identified ongoing pregnancy or miscarriage with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.839 (95% confidence interval: 0.752-0.926) and a cutoff value of 45 pg/mL.ConclusionsWeekly remeasurement of serum β-human chorionic gonadotropin and estradiol may be useful for pregnancy risk assessment in patients with unexplained recurrent miscarriage in clinical practice.

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Abortion, HabitualChorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, HumanEstradiolProgesteroneAdultBiomarkersFemaleHumansPregnancyPregnancy OutcomeRetrospective StudiesROC CurveBiomarkersChorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, HumanEstradiolProgesteronedynamic measurementestradiolpregnancy outcomerecurrent spontaneous abortionβ-Human chorionic gonadotropin

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PMCPMC12046155

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