Chapter 4 Results - etheses Repository
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List of Tables<br />
Table 1 List of tests that purported to predict spontaneous preterm birth................................36<br />
Table 2 Guide to the likelihood ratio (LR) interpretation of a test’s accuracy.........................38<br />
Table 3 Summary of tests’ accuracy results for predicting spontaneous preterm birth before 34<br />
weeks’ gestation in asymptomatic antenatal women..............................................................170<br />
Table 4 Summary of tests’ accuracy results for predicting spontaneous preterm birth before 37<br />
weeks’ gestation in asymptomatic antenatal women..............................................................171<br />
Table 5 Summary of tests’ accuracy results for predicting spontaneous preterm birth within 48<br />
hours of testing in symptomatic women with threatened preterm labour ..............................172<br />
Table 6 Summary of tests’ accuracy results for predicting spontaneous preterm birth within 7<br />
– 10 days of testing in symptomatic women with threatened preterm labour........................172<br />
Table 7 Summary of tests’ accuracy results for predicting spontaneous preterm birth before 34<br />
weeks’ gestation in symptomatic women with threatened preterm labour ............................173<br />
Table 8 Summary of tests’ accuracy results for predicting spontaneous preterm birth before 37<br />
weeks’ gestation in symptomatic women with threatened preterm labour ............................173<br />
Table 9 Testing among symptomatic pregnant women for risk of spontaneous preterm birth<br />
and number of women needed to be tested and treated with antenatal maternal administration<br />
of corticosteroids to prevent respiratory distress syndrome before 34 weeks’ gestation for<br />
anticipated birth within 7 days of testing, based on a prevalence of spontaneous preterm birth<br />
of 4.5%, risk of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) of 53% and relative risk treatment effect<br />
of corticosteroids of 0.66 1 .......................................................................................................183<br />
Table 10 Characteristic of studies on accuracy of maternal history of previous spontaneous<br />
preterm birth in predicting subsequent spontaneous preterm birth ........................................204<br />
Table 11 Individual accuracy results of maternal history of previous spontaneous preterm<br />
birth in predicting subsequent spontaneous preterm birth......................................................205<br />
Table 12 Characteristics of test accuracy studies of digital examination in predicting<br />
spontaneous preterm birth stratified according to population of antenatal asymptomatic<br />
women and women symptomatic with threatened preterm labour.........................................206<br />
Table 13 Individual accuracy results of digital examination in predicting spontaneous preterm<br />
birth stratified according to population of asymptomatic antenatal women and symptomatic<br />
women with threatened preterm labour..................................................................................208<br />
Table 14 Characteristic of studies on the accuracy of bedside cervico-vaginal fetal fibronectin<br />
testing as a predictor of spontaneous preterm birth stratified according to study population of<br />
asymptomatic antenatal women and symptomatic women who presented with threatened<br />
preterm labour ........................................................................................................................210<br />
Table 15 Individual accuracy results of cervico-vaginal fetal fibronectin (fFN) in predicting<br />
spontaneous preterm birth among symptomatic women with threatened preterm labour......217<br />
Table 16 Individual accuracy results of cervico-vaginal fetal fibronectin (fFN) in predicting<br />
spontaneous preterm birth among asymptomatic antenatal women.......................................219<br />
Table 17 Characteristics of studies on test accuracy of cervico-vaginal prolactin in predicting<br />
spontaneous preterm birth stratified according to population of antenatal asymptomatic<br />
women and symptomatic women with threatened preterm labour.........................................220<br />
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