Skip to main content
. 2023 Apr;228(4):418–429.e34. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.10.004

Table S8.

Sensitivity and Specificity of ACC/AHA BP categories for preterm birth

COMPARATOR
BP measured at <20 weeks Ref Sensitivity Specificity
‘ELEVATED BP’ (as a new cut-off)
Pooled Normal (<120/80mmHg) 0.24 [0.14, 0.36] 0.80 [0.70, 0.88]
Bellad 0.06 [0.05, 0.08] 0.95 [0.95, 0.96]
Greenberg 0.39 [0.36, 0.42] 0.72 [0.72, 0.73]
Hu 0.34 [0.30, 0.37] 0.61 [0.60, 0.62]
Qureshi 0.14 [0.13, 0.16] 0.85 [0.84, 0.86]
Reddy 0.31 [0.29, 0.34] 0.74 [0.73, 0.75]
Sevene 0.12 [0.08, 0.16] 0.90 [0.87, 0.92]
Sutton 2020 0.37 [0.34, 0.40] 0.76 [0.75, 0.77]
Rosner 0.41 [0.28, 0.56] 0.71 [0.66, 0.75]
‘STAGE 1 HYPERTENSION’ (as a new cut-off)
Pooled Normal + Elevated BP (<130/80mmHg) 0.22 [0.14, 0.33] 0.85 [0.78, 0.90]
Bellad 0.04 [0.03, 0.05] 0.97 [0.97, 0.98]
Bello 0.28 [0.28, 0.29] 0.84 [0.84, 0.85]
Darwin 0.37 [0.32, 0.42] 0.82 [0.81, 0.83]
Duffy 0.27 [0.27, 0.28] 0.77 [0.77, 0.77]
Greenberg 0.24 [0.22, 0.27] 0.86 [0.86, 0.87]
Hu 0.22 [0.19, 0.35] 0.75 [0.74, 0.75]
Huai 0.34 [0.23, 0.47] 0.65 [0.60, 0.70]
McLaren 0.71 [0.53, 0.84] 0.53 [0.46, 0.59]
Qureshi 0.09 [0.08, 0.10] 0.91 [0.90, 0.92]
Reddy 0.18 [0.16, 0.21] 0.87 [0.86, 0.87]
Sabol 0.36 [0.32, 0.41] 0.82 [0.80, 0.83]
Sevene 0.06 [0.04, 0.10] 0.95 [0.93, 0.95]
Sutton 2020 0.22 [0.19, 0.24] 0.90 [0.89, 0.90]
‘STAGE 2 HYPERTENSION’ (existing cut-off)
Pooled Normal + Elevated BP +Stage 1 HTN (<140/90mmHg) 0.08 [0.04, 0.16] 0.97 [0.94, 0.98]
Bellad 0.01 [0.01, 0.02] 1.00 [0.99, 1.00]
Bello 0.12 [0.11, 0.13] 0.96 [0.96, 0.96]
Darwin 0.26 [0.22, 0.31] 0.90 [0.89, 0.91]
Greenberg 0.15 [0.13, 0.18] 0.94 [0.93, 0.94]
Hu 0.04 [0.03, 0.06] 0.96 [0.96, 0.96]
McLaren 0.39 [0.24, 0.56] 0.90 [0.85, 0.93]
Qureshi 0.02 [0.01, 0.02] 0.99 [0.99, 0.99]
Reddy 0.03 [0.02, 0.04] 0.99 [0.99, 0.99]
Rosner 0.11 [0.05, 0.23] 0.95 [0.92, 0.97]
Sabol 0.24 [0.20, 0.28] 0.92 [0.91, 0.93]
Sevene 0.02 [0.01, 0.05] 0.98 [0.97, 0.99]
Sutton 2020 0.16 [0.14, 0.18] 0.95 [0.95, 0.95]

Slade. The diagnostic accuracy of American College of Cardiology-American Heart Association blood pressure categories for identification of women and babies at risk. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2023.