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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Med.
Sec. Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1443056

Clinical predictive value of Pre-Pregnancy Tests for Unexplained Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion:A retrospective study

Provisionally accepted
Jinming Wang Jinming Wang 1*Dan Li Dan Li 2*Zhenglong Guo Zhenglong Guo 1Yanxin Ren Yanxin Ren 1*Li Wang Li Wang 1*Yuehua Liu Yuehua Liu 3*Kai Kang Kai Kang 4WEILI SHI WEILI SHI 1Jianmei Huang Jianmei Huang 1Shixiu Liao Shixiu Liao 1*Yibin Hao Yibin Hao 1*
  • 1 Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
  • 2 PLA Strategic Support Force Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou, China
  • 3 Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
  • 4 Henan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, zhengzhou, China

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    Introduction: Early prediction and intervention are crucial for the prognosis of unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion (uRSA). The main purpose of this study is to establish a risk prediction model for uRSA based on routine pre-pregnancy tests, in order to provide clinical physicians with indications of whether the patients are at high risk. Methods: This was a retrospective study conducted at the Prenatal Diagnosis Center of Henan Provincial People's Hospital between January 2019 and December 2022. Twelve routine pre-pregnancy tests and four basic personal information characteristics were collected. Pre-pregnancy tests include thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), free triiodothyronine (FT3), free thyroxine thyroid (FT4), thyroxine (TT4), total triiodothyronine (TT3), peroxidase antibody (TPO-Ab), thyroid globulin antibody (TG-Ab), 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25-(OH) D], ferritin (Ferr), Homocysteine (Hcy), vitamin B12 (VitB12), folic acid (FA). Basic personal information characteristics include age, body mass index (BMI), smoking history and drinking history. Logistic regression analysis was used to establish a risk prediction model, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and decision curve analysis (DCA) were employed to evaluate the performance of prediction model. Results: A total of 140 patients in uRSA group and 152 women in the control group were randomly split into a training set (n=186) and a testing set (n=106). Chi-square test results for each single characteristic indicated that, FT3 (P=0.018), FT4 (P=0.048), 25-(OH) D (P=0.013) and FA (P=0.044) were closely related to RSA. TG-Ab and TPO-Ab were also important characteristics according to clinical experience, so we established a risk prediction model for RSA based on the above six characteristics using logistic regression analysis. The prediction accuracy of the model on the testing set was 74.53%, and the area under ROC curve was 0.710. DCA curve indicated that the model had good clinical value. Conclusions: Pre-pregnancy tests such as FT3, FT4, TG-Ab, 25-(OH)D and FA are were closely related to uRSA. This study successfully established a risk prediction model for RSA based on routine pre-pregnancy tests.

    Keywords: Recurrent spontaneous abortion, Risk prediction model, pre-pregnancy tests, Logistic regression analysis, Retrospective study

    Received: 06 Jun 2024; Accepted: 25 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wang, Li, Guo, Ren, Wang, Liu, Kang, SHI, Huang, Liao and Hao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Jinming Wang, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
    Dan Li, PLA Strategic Support Force Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou, China
    Yanxin Ren, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
    Li Wang, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
    Yuehua Liu, Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
    Shixiu Liao, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
    Yibin Hao, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China

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