Can Serum Biomarker Values from Second-Trimester Aneuploidy Screening Predict the development of Retinopathy of Prematurity in Premature Infants?
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2024
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Kare Publishing
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate serum biomarker values measured during second-trimester aneuploidy screening in terms of their predictive ability for the development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in premature infants.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study evaluated the data of 1985 idiopathic premature infants who underwent ROP screening from 2016 to 2022. The infants were divided into two groups according to the presence of ROP, and those with ROP were further evaluated in two subgroups based on the presence of proliferation. Comparisons were made concerning the serum multiple of the median values of unconjugated estriol (uE3), human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) among aneuploidy screening biomarkers.
Results: While 1628 premature infants were in the non-ROP group, 357 were in the ROP group. Of the infants with ROP, 72 were in the proliferative ROP group and 285 in the non-proliferative ROP group. There was no significant difference in the multiple of the median values of the evaluated serum biomarkers (uE3, hCG, and AFP) between the ROP and non-ROP groups or between the proliferative ROP, non-proliferative ROP, and non-ROP groups.
Conclusion: The multiple of the median values of second-trimester aneuploidy screening serum biomarkers were not able to predict the development of ROP in premature infants. This result may have been caused by the fact that the blood tests were taken only once and in the same weeks.
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Alpha-fetoprotein, human chorionic gonadotropin, premature retinopathy, unconjugated estriol
Kaynak
Beyoglu Eye Journal
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N/A
Scopus Q Değeri
Q4
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9
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2
Künye
Sabanci S, Kucuk MF, Savas HB, Suren E, Erol MK, Yavuz A, et al. Can Serum Biomarker Values from Second-Trimester Aneu ploidy Screening Predict the development of Retinopathy of Prematurity in Premature Infants? Beyoglu Eye J 2024; 9(2): 95-100.
