Abstract:
AIM:Evaluate the relationship between neonatal weight and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A. METHODS:Retrospective study on 2564 singleton pregnancies with healthy term neonates in three groups of women with different values of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A who underwent the combined test during the first trimester. Non-parametric test and correlation analysis for statistical elaboration were carried out. RESULTS:There exists a correlation between the serum levels of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A in the first trimester of pregnancy and neonatal weight. Values of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A lower than the 25th percentile are associated with neonatal weight in a significant way. There was no significant association between pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A values above 1.50 MoM and neonatal weight. CONCLUSION:This study confirms the positive correlation between circulating concentrations of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A and fetal growth. Low neonatal weight and factors that can cause this could be determined from the first trimester by measuring the concentrations of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A in maternal serum. Even if the association between the levels of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A and a low neonatal weight has been demonstrated, however, we have to say that the sensitivity of a such screening method for the prediction of low birth weight and perinatal complications seems to be rather low. The variations of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A during the first trimester cannot be used as a marker of excessive fetal growth.
journal_name
J Perinat Medjournal_title
Journal of perinatal medicineauthors
Giudice I,Benintende G,Di Nicolò AM,Mangiameli D,Carrara G,Randazzo C,Sapuppo IM,Gulisano Adoi
10.1515/jpm-2013-0249subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-03-01 00:00:00pages
227-32issue
2eissn
0300-5577issn
1619-3997pii
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43pub_type
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