Please cite this paper as: Conde‐Agudelo A, Papageorghiou A, Kennedy S, Villar J. Novel
biomarkers for the prediction of the spontaneous preterm birth phenotype: a systematic …

Objective To assess the accuracy of the cervical phosphorylated insulin-like growth factor
binding protein-1 (phIGFBP-1) test to predict preterm birth in women with and without …

Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived hormone that plays a critical role in energy
homeostasis, mainly attributed to its insulin-sensitizing properties. Accumulating studies …

Objectives To assess the diagnostic power of a new cervical consistency index (CCI)
obtained using transvaginal sonography for the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth …

Background Placental alpha microglobulin-1 and phosphorylated insulin-like growth factor-
binding protein-1 have been studied in patients at risk for preterm birth with signs and …

Entre os vários fatores clínicos para o parto prematuro, alguns apresentam riscos
substanciais, tais como história de parto prematuro, gemelidade e sangramento vaginal do …

Aim: To evaluate if transvaginal cervical length measurement in the second-trimester scan is
an effective screening test for preterm delivery. Methods: We performed a search in Medline …

Objective: The PartoSure™ time-to-delivery (TTD) test (AmniSure International, Boston, MA,
USA) is a newly available bedside test for the prediction of time to spontaneous preterm …

The advent of effective interventions to prevent preterm delivery such as 17
hydroxyprogesterone and cerclage serve as an impetus to determine whether routine …

Preterm delivery (PTD), defined as birth before 37 completed weeks of gestation, is the
leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Evaluation of the cervical morphology …