| CRUI | Cervical Ripening Ultrasound Index |
| CL | Cervical Length |
| PCA | Posterior Cervical Angle |
| CES | Cervical Echogenicity Score |
| PF | Presence of Funneling |
| ROC | Receiver Operating Characteristic |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| AUC | Area Under the Curve |
| NICU | Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| EFW | Estimated Fetal Weight |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| OR | Odds Ratio |
| HPA | Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal (axis) |
| PlGF | Placental Growth Factor |
| sFlt-1 | Soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 |