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. 2021 Feb 19;18(4):2026. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18042026

Table 3.

Association between elastographic parameters and spontaneous preterm delivery at < 32 weeks of gestation.

Variable PP0 (Pretreatment) PP1 (Post-Treatment)
Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)
p-Value Adjusted OR
(95% CI) *
p-Value Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)
p-Value Adjusted OR
(95% CI) *
p-Value
IOS (×0.1) 3.60 (1.56–9.28) 0.004 2.92 (1.07–8.77) 0.040 3.94 (1.55–12.46) 0.007 4.39 (1.52–17.29) 0.012
EOS (×0.1) 1.89 (0.94–3.87) 0.071 2.13 (0.94–5.03) 0.070 2.88 (1.16–7.97) 0.027 3.65 (1.28–13.74) 0.026
ECI (×0.1) 1.06 (1.00–1.12) 0.045 1.06 (0.99–1.13) 0.089 1.11 (1.01–1.23) 0.032 1.11 (1.00–1.25) 0.054
HR 0.95 (0.91–0.99) 0.027 0.96 (0.91–1.01) 0.122 0.93 (0.88–0.98) 0.012 0.92 (0.86–0.98) 0.016

PP0, baseline; PP1, 1 week postprogesterone; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; IOS, mean of internal os strain; EOS, mean of external os strain; ECI, elasticity contrast index; HR, hardness ratio. * Adjusted for cervical length at diagnosis.