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Optimising personalised pre-eclampsia screening in an ethnically-diverse population
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  • Anastasija ARECHVO,
  • Argyro Syngelaki,
  • Moritz DÖBERT,
  • Anna Nektaria VAROUXAKI,
  • Min Yi TAN,
  • Liona Poon,
  • Peter von Dadelszen,
  • Kypros Nicolaides,
  • Laura Magee
Anastasija ARECHVO
King's College Hospital
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Argyro Syngelaki
King's College Hospital
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Moritz DÖBERT
King's College Hospital
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Anna Nektaria VAROUXAKI
King's College Hospital
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Min Yi TAN
King's College Hospital
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Liona Poon
King's College Hospital
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Peter von Dadelszen
King's College London Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine
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Kypros Nicolaides
King's College Hospital
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Laura Magee
King's College London Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

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Abstract

Objective: To compare pre-eclampsia (PE) risk strategies among Black vs. White ethnicity women. Design: Prospective non-intervention cohort studies. Setting: Maternity hospitals, United Kingdom and Europe. Population: Singleton pregnancies delivering at ≥24 weeks, without major anomalies. Methods: PE risk was determined by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance, NICE guidance modified adding Black ethnicity as a moderate-risk factor, and the Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF) competing-risks multivariable model. To compare model performance, the FMF screen-positive rate (SPR) was adjusted to match NICE. Results: At 11-13 weeks, screening for preterm PE risk occurred in 61,174 pregnancies; 493 (0.8%) developed preterm PE. At SPR=11.2%, FMF (vs. NICE) almost doubled the DR for preterm PE for Black (88.0%) vs. White (66.4%) women, but DR increased more among Black women (14.7%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 5.6-23.6). For NICE-modified, the preterm PE DR increased (85.2%), similar to FMF (89.6%), but SPR was higher (59.6% vs. 27.7%, respectively). At 35-36 weeks, screening for subsequent PE occurred in 29,035 pregnancies; 654 (2.3%) developed PE. At SPR=10.9%, FMF (vs. NICE) more than doubled the DR for subsequent PE, and DR increased more among Black vs. White women (12.1%, 95% CI 1.9-22.3). For NICE-modified, the PE DR increased (85.0%), similar to FMF (74.8%), but SPR was higher (59.1% vs. 17.6%, respectively). Conclusions: The FMF competing-risks models increased the DR for PE, particularly amongst Black women. While DRs similar to FMF were seen with addition to NICE of Black ethnicity as a moderate-risk factor, SPR was two-to-three times higher.
26 Nov 2024Submitted to BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
28 Nov 2024Submission Checks Completed
28 Nov 2024Assigned to Editor
28 Nov 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
01 Dec 2024Reviewer(s) Assigned