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. 2017 Feb 7;14(2):123–127. doi: 10.7150/ijms.17321

Table 2.

The odds ratios for developing adverse outcomes for each serum marker using raw values adjusted for age and maternal weight.

P-CS GDM LGA Low APGAR Macrosomia PIH Preterm SGA
Groups Actual cutoff 999 (12.9%) 202 (63.9%) 80 (4.4%) 45 (5.3%) 69 (5.1%) 65 (4.2%) 80 (5.1%) 83 (2.9%)
AFP lower
(≤ 5th percentile)
23.44 ng/mL 1.53 (0.91 - 2.57) 1.27 (0.69 - 2.32) 1.42 (0.64 - 3.14) 2.89 (1.14 - 7.32) * 1.71 (0.77 - 3.82) 1.47 (0.60 - 3.59) 1.08 (0.41 - 2.82) 1.71 (0.66 - 4.47)
AFP upper
(≥95th percentile)
73.11 ng/mL 1.15 (0.70 - 1.87) 0.74 (0.33 - 1.65) 0.62 (0.15 - 2.62) 0.47 (0.06 - 3.51) 0.75 (0.18 - 3.18) 2.42 (0.92 - 6.37) 0.79 (0.24 - 2.58) 1.34 (0.56 - 3.22)
E3 lower
(≤ 5th percentile)
0.60 ng/mL 1.44 (0.87 - 2.40) 1.13 (0.58 - 2.19) 1.11 (0.42 - 2.90) 2.43 (0.92 - 6.38) 1.31 (0.50 - 3.43) 1.34 (0.46 - 3.89) 1.57 (0.66 - 3.77) 0.83 (0.25 - 2.71)
E3 upper
(≥95th percentile)
12.60 ng/mL 4.06 (2.06 - 8.00) * 2.05 (1.17 - 3.57) * 0.89 (0.31 - 2.58) 0.46 (0.06 - 3.37) 0.76 (0.23 - 2.56) 3.78 (1.79 - 7.97) * 1.04 (0.37 - 2.92) 1.67 (0.70 - 3.98)
HCG lower
(≤ 5th percentile)
15.58 IU/mL 1.00 (0.62 - 1.61) 0.61 (0.28 - 1.36) 0.33 (0.08 - 1.40) 0.39 (0.05 - 2.85) 0.39 (0.09 - 1.67) 0.52 (0.12 - 2.21) 0.68 (0.21 - 2.22) 0.56 (0.14 - 2.36)
HCG upper
(≥95th percentile)
125.90 IU/mL 3.32 (1.77 - 6.24) * 2.58 (1.51 - 4.42) * 0.53 (0.13 - 2.20) 0.00 (0.00 - Inf) 0.63 (0.15 - 2.64) 3.55 (1.59 - 7.90) * 1.04 (0.37 - 2.93) 2.09 (0.97 - 4.53)
Inhibin lower
(≤ 5th percentile)
92.40 pg/mL 1.31 (0.74 - 2.29) 0.85 (0.39 - 1.84) 0.91 (0.31 - 2.68) 0.47 (0.06 - 3.54) 0.00 (0.00 - Inf) 0.64 (0.15 - 2.77) 1.23 (0.43 - 3.52) 2.20 (0.84 - 5.80)
Inhibin upper
(≥95th percentile)
397.10 pg/mL 1.37 (0.79 - 2.38) 0.51 (0.18 - 1.43) 0.00 (0.00 - Inf) 0.00 (0.00 - Inf) 0.00 (0.00 - Inf) 1.81 (0.53 - 6.20) 0.28 (0.04 - 2.07) 2.26 (0.96 - 5.29)
PAPPA lower
(≤ 5th percentile)
1.02 mIU/mL 1.25 (0.69 - 2.25) 2.10 (1.03 - 4.26) * 0.24 (0.03 - 1.79) 0.49 (0.06 - 3.68) 0.55 (0.13 - 2.41) 1.57 (0.44 - 5.57) 1.96 (0.73 - 5.23) 1.21 (0.36 - 4.08)
PAPPA upper
(≥95th percentile)
10.09 mIU/mL 4.52 (1.89 - 10.82) * 2.08 (0.97 - 4.45) 0.52 (0.07 - 3.94) 0.63 (0.08 - 4.78) 0.00 (0.00 - Inf) 3.50 (0.97 - 12.55) 0.96 (0.22 - 4.12) 2.63 (1.05 - 6.57) *

*: P<0.05. P-CS: primary caesarian section, GDM: gestational diabetes mellitus, LGA: large for gestational age, SGA: small for gestational age, PIH: pregnancy-induced hypertension, PAPPA: pregnancy-associated plasma protein A, AFP: alpha-fetoprotein, HCG: human chorionic gonadotropin, E3: estriol, Inf: infinity.