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Mar 22, 2024 · Preterm birth categories included extremely preterm at under 29 weeks, moderately preterm at 29 to 33 weeks, and late preterm at 34 to 36 weeks. Covariates included age, education level, insurance type, diabetes and hypertension, prenatal care, and tobacco use.
Mar 13, 2024 · Preterm birth is delivery before 37 completed weeks, that is, before 36 6/7 weeks. Subdivisions vary among organizations. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2021b), births occurring between 34 and 36 completed weeks are considered late preterm.
Mar 20, 2024 · 20 March 2024. Most premature births are unexpected, so new ways to predict and prevent them are crucial to stop babies being born too early. That's why we're excited to share research that shows hundreds of premature births could be prevented thanks to a new test developed at our National Centre for Preterm Birth Research .
Mar 22, 2024 · Some research has found that biological age is a better predictor of health problems such as cardiovascular disease 3 and dementia 4 than a person’s chronological age. But unlike...
Mar 13, 2024 · Early pregnancy prediction of spontaneous preterm birth before 32 completed weeks of pregnancy using plasma RNA: transcriptome discovery and initial validation of an RNA panel of markers.
Mar 21, 2024 · They found that the strongest predictor of preterm birth was fetal fibronectin > 50, followed by a cervical length ≤ 25 mm. The next strongest predictors of preterm birth were serum alpha-fetoprotein and alkaline phosphatase.
Mar 18, 2024 · Prespecified outcomes included preterm birth at < 34 and < 37 weeks. The authors also evaluated predictive ability of fetal fibronectin for preterm birth within 7 and 14 days of testing.