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OBJECTIVE:This study was undertaken to determine the relationship among cervical lactoferrin concentration, other cervical markers potentially related to infection, and spontaneous preterm birth. STUDY DESIGN:Cervical lactoferrin concentrations obtained at 22 to 24 weeks' gestation among 121 women who had a spontaneous preterm birth <35 weeks' gestation were compared with cervical lactoferrin concentrations among 121 women matched for race, parity, and center who were delivered at >/=37 weeks' gestation. Results were compared against levels of cervical interleukin 6, fetal fibronectin, and sialidase, against cervical length according to ultrasonography, and according to the bacterial vaginosis Gram stain score. RESULTS:Cervical lactoferrin concentrations ranged from not measurable (19% of the concentrations were below the threshold for this assay) to a titer of >/=1:64. There was no significant difference in the overall distributions of lactoferrin concentrations between the case patients and control subjects (P =.18). Only when the highest titers of lactoferrin were considered were there more women in the spontaneous preterm birth group (6/121 vs 0/121; P =.03). According to Spearman correlation analyses the cervical lactoferrin concentrations were strongly related to interleukin 6 concentration (r =.51; P =.0001), sialidase activity (r =.38; P =.0001), and bacterial vaginosis (r =.38; P =.0001), were weakly related to fetal fibronectin (r =. 16; P =.01), and were not related to cervical length. With the 90th percentile (a dilution of 1:32) used as a cutoff to establish a dichotomous variable, lactoferrin concentration had the following odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for associations with other potential markers of infection: bacterial vaginosis odds ratio, 4.8 (95% confidence interval, 2.2-10.3); interleukin 6 concentration odds ratio, 2.8 (95% confidence interval, 1.2-6.5); sialidase activity odds ratio, 5. 5 (95% confidence interval, 2.2-13.7); fetal fibronectin concentration odds ratio, 0.6 (95% confidence interval, 0.2-2.0); chlamydiosis odds ratio, 2.3 (95% confidence interval, 0.8-6.9); and short cervix odds ratio, 0.5 (95% confidence interval, 0.2-1.4). CONCLUSIONS:Lactoferrin found in the cervix correlated well with other markers of lower genital tract infection. High lactoferrin levels were associated with spontaneous preterm birth but had a very low predictive sensitivity.
journal_name
Am J Obstet Gynecoljournal_title
American journal of obstetrics and gynecologyauthors
Goldenberg RL,Andrews WW,Guerrant RL,Newman M,Mercer B,Iams J,Meis P,Moawad A,Das A,VanDorsten JP,Caritis SN,Thurnau G,Bottoms S,Miodovnik M,McNellis D,Roberts JMdoi
10.1067/mob.2000.104211subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-03-01 00:00:00pages
631-5issue
3eissn
0002-9378issn
1097-6868pii
S0002-9378(00)80027-7journal_volume
182pub_type
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
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更新日期:1980-08-15 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We sought to compare labor patterns by body mass index (BMI). STUDY DESIGN:A total of 118,978 gravidas with a singleton term cephalic gestation were studied. Repeated-measures analysis constructed mean labor curves by parity and BMI categories for those who reached 10 cm. Interval-censored regression analysi...
journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
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更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
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更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
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更新日期:1992-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2004.01.066
更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
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更新日期:1982-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1976-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1981-04-15 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1994-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2013.05.052
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0002-9378(90)90618-h
更新日期:1990-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1989-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2003.12.017
更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.05.013
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1976-09-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(11)91672-x
更新日期:1992-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0002-9378(84)90283-7
更新日期:1984-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1984-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(84)80063-0
更新日期:1984-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2006.01.063
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0002-9378(85)90374-6
更新日期:1985-04-15 00:00:00