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Type: Journal article
Title: Clinical prediction in early pregnancy of infants small for gestational age by customised birthweight centiles: findings from a healthy nulliparous cohort
Author: McCowan, L.
Thompson, J.
Taylor, R.
North, R.
Poston, L.
Baker, P.
Myers, J.
Roberts, C.
Dekker, G.
Simpson, N.
Walker, J.
Kenny, L.
Citation: PLoS One, 2013; 8(8):1-12
Publisher: Public Library of Science
Issue Date: 2013
ISSN: 1932-6203
1932-6203
Editor: Marsit, C.J.
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Lesley M. E. McCowan, John M. D. Thompson, Rennae S. Taylor, Robyn A. North, Lucilla Poston, Philip N. Baker, Jenny Myers, Claire T. Roberts, Gustaaf A. Dekker, Nigel A. B. Simpson, James J. Walker, Louise C. Kenny
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Small for gestational age (SGA) infants comprise up to 50% of all stillbirths and a minority are detected before birth. We aimed to develop and validate early pregnancy predictive models for SGA infants. METHODS 5628 participants from SCOPE, a prospective study of nulliparous pregnant women, were interviewed at 15±1 weeks’ gestation. Fetal anthropometry, uterine and umbilical Doppler studies were performed at 20±1 weeks’. The cohort was divided into training (n = 3735) and validation datasets (n = 1871). All-SGA (birthweight <10th customised centile), Normotensive-SGA (SGA with normotensive mother) and Hypertensive-SGA (SGA with mother who developed hypertension) were the primary outcomes. Multivariable analysis was performed using stepwise logistic regression firstly using clinical variables and then with clinical and ultrasound variables. Receiver operator curves were constructed and areas under the curve (AUC) calculated. RESULTS 633 infants (11.3%) in the whole cohort were SGA; 465 (8.3%) Normotensive-SGA and 165 (3.0%) Hypertensive-SGA. In the training dataset risk factors for All-SGA at 15±1 weeks’ included: family history of coronary heart disease, maternal birthweight <3000 g and 3000 g to 3499 g compared with ≥3500 g, >12 months to conceive, university student, cigarette smoking, proteinuria, daily vigorous exercise and diastolic blood pressure ≥80. Recreational walking ≥4 times weekly, rhesus negative blood group and increasing random glucose were protective. AUC for clinical risk factors was 0.63. Fetal abdominal or head circumference z scores <10th centile and increasing uterine artery Doppler resistance at 20±1 weeks’ were associated with increased risk. Addition of these parameters increased the AUC to 0.69. Clinical predictors of Normotensive and Hypertensive-SGA were sub-groups of All-SGA predictors and were quite different. The combined clinical and ultrasound AUC for Normotensive and Hypertensive-SGA were 0.69 and 0.82 respectively. CONCLUSION Predictors for SGA of relevance to clinical practice were identified. The identity and predictive potential differed in normotensive women and those who developed hypertension.
Keywords: SCOPE Consortium
Uterus
Umbilical Arteries
Humans
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
Birth Weight
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
Early Diagnosis
Pregnancy Outcome
Risk Factors
Prospective Studies
ROC Curve
Pregnancy
Reference Values
Adult
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Small for Gestational Age
Female
Young Adult
Description: on behalf of the SCOPE Consortium
Rights: © 2013 McCowan et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070917
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070917
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