Anna Merilainen, Sini Peuhkurinen, Timppa Honkasalo, Paivi Laitinen, Hannaleena Kokkonen, Markku Ryynanen, Jaana Marttala
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of first trimester combined screening for Down's syndrome in Northern Finland during the first 10 years of practice.
Methods: During 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2011, 47,896 women participated voluntarily in combined screening during first trimester. The risk cutoff was 1:250. The study period was divided into two time periods; 2002-2006 and 2007-2011.
Results: During the first half of the study period, the detection rate (DR) was 77.3% with a 4.9% false-positive rate (FPR). During the latter half, the DR was 77.1% with a 2.8% FPR.
Conclusions: An important issue is the number of invasive procedures needed to detect one case of Down's syndrome. The screening performance improved markedly in the latter five years period since the FPR lowered from 4.9% to 2.8% and the number of invasive procedures needed to detect one case of Down's syndrome lowered from 15 to 11.
期刊介绍:
Clinical Medicine Insights: Reproductive Health is a peer reviewed; open access journal, which covers all aspects of Reproduction: Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Infertility, spanning both male and female issues, from the physical to the psychological and the social, including: sex, contraception, pregnancy, childbirth, and related topics such as social and emotional impacts. It welcomes original research and review articles from across the health sciences. Clinical subjects include fertility and sterility, infertility and assisted reproduction, IVF, fertility preservation despite gonadotoxic chemo- and/or radiotherapy, pregnancy problems, PPD, infections and disease, surgery, diagnosis, menopause, HRT, pelvic floor problems, reproductive cancers and environmental impacts on reproduction, although this list is by no means exhaustive Subjects covered include, but are not limited to: • fertility and sterility, • infertility and ART, • ART/IVF, • fertility preservation despite gonadotoxic chemo- and/or radiotherapy, • pregnancy problems, • Postpartum depression • Infections and disease, • Gyn/Ob surgery, • diagnosis, • Contraception • Premenstrual tension • Gynecologic Oncology • reproductive cancers • environmental impacts on reproduction, • Obstetrics/Gynaecology • Women''s Health • menopause, • HRT, • pelvic floor problems, • Paediatric and adolescent gynaecology • PID