Open AccessExternal Validation and Clinical Usefulness of First Trimester Prediction Models for the Risk of Preeclampsia: A Prospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Linda J. E. Meertens,
Hubertina C. J. Scheepers,
Sander M. J. van Kuijk,
Robert Aardenburg,
Ivo M.A. van Dooren,
Josje Langenveld,
Annemieke M. van Wijck,
Iris M. Zwaan,
Marc E. A. Spaanderman,
Luc Smits
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
fetal diagnosis and therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.976
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1421-9964
pISSN - 1015-3837
DOI - 10.1159/000490385
Subject(s) - medicine , prospective cohort study , cohort , predictive modelling , preeclampsia , obstetrics , pregnancy , gynecology , statistics , mathematics , biology , genetics
This study assessed the external validity of all published first trimester prediction models for the risk of preeclampsia (PE) based on routinely collected maternal predictors. Moreover, the potential utility of the best-performing models in clinical practice was evaluated.