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. 2021 Mar 25;12(4):478. doi: 10.3390/genes12040478

Table A1.

The relationship between Z score and fetal fraction in common trisomies by NIPS.

Common Trisomies Basic Information (All) Basic Information of Male-Population (cf-DNA% Calculated by Y)
Z Score n NIPS-TP NIPS-FP n NIPS-TP NIPS-FP
n (Ratio %) Mean
Z Score
n (Ratio %) Mean
Z Score
n (Ratio %) Mean
Z Score
Mean FF%
(Range)
p-Value n (Ratio %) Mean
Z Score
Mean FF%
(Range)
p Value
Trisomy 21 3 ≤ Z < 6 41 15 (36.59) 4.57 26 (63.41) 4.63 23 11 (47.83) 4.66 8.29 (4.01–13.03) <0.001 12 (52.17) 4.83 10.01 (4.37–16.11) <0.05
6 ≤ Z < 10 79 70 (88.61) 7.98 9 (11.39) 7.55 51 45 (88.24) 7.95 10.4 (6.05–33.04) 6 (11.76) 7.65 14.26 (7.32–22.00)
10 ≤ Z < 16 149 147 (98.66) 12.93 2 (1.34) 14.45 79 79 (100.00) 12.85 14.42 (8.52–22.36) 0 (0.00)
Z ≤ 16 90 90 (100.00) 21.28 0 44 44 (100.00) 21.06 21.26 (10.55–34.86) 0
Total 359 322 37 197 179 18
Trisomy 18 3 ≤ Z < 6 26 12 (46.15) 4.69 14 (53.85) 4.14 10 5 (50.00) 4.22 7.41 (3.27–15.86) <0.002 5 (50.00) 4.54 11.95 (6.73–14.94)
6 ≤ Z < 10 27 26 (96.30) 8.12 1 (3.70) 6.27 12 11 (91.67) 8.09 8.72 (4.61–16.58) 1 (8.33) 6.27 6.9 /
10 ≤ Z < 16 34 33 (97.06) 12.57 1 (2.94) 11.52 14 14 (100.00) 12.21 11.95 (8.71–22.47) 0 (0.00)
Z ≥ 16 13 13 (100.00) 20.9 0 7 7 (100.00) 20.07 15.94 (12.52–22.17) 0
Total 100 84 16 43 37 6
Trisomy 13 3 ≤ Z < 6 23 7 (30.43) 4.91 16 (69.57) 4.44 8 2 (25.00) 4.53 6.95 (3.10–10.80) =0.143 6 (75.00) 4.84 13.78 (7.27–22.19) =0.869
6 ≤ Z < 10 21 12 (57.14) 7.76 9 (42.86) 7.19 11 7 (63.64) 7.72 8.53 (5.14–12.75) 4 (36.36) 6.6 14.35 (10.58–20.59)
10 ≤ Z < 16 11 10 (90.91) 12.11 1 (9.09) 10.57 7 7 (100.00) 11.82 11.24 (6.96–16.47) 0 (0.00)
Z ≥ 16 2 1 (50.00) 16.66 1 (50.00) 17.14 1 0 (0.00) 1 (100.00) 17.14 22.6
Total 57 30 27 27 16 11

NIPS, noninvasive prenatal screening; TP, true positive; FP, false positive; FF, fetal fraction.