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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2012 Mar 16;25(9):1682–1689. doi: 10.3109/14767058.2012.657278

Table II.

Differences in cervical length by ultrasound method in the complete study group and stratified by short cervix as determined transvaginally.

Ultrasound Method All studied Population mm, mean (SD) Cervical Length mean (SD)
<25mm >25mm
Transabdominal 34.57 (7.1) 26.6 (9.2) 35.2 (6.4)
Transvaginal 34.81 (6.9) 20.1 (3.8) 36.4 (5.2)
Significance p=0.61 p<0.001 p<0.01

SD = standard deviation