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Table 2 The models predicting serum biomarker levels

From: Quad test for fetal aneuploidy screening as a predictor of small-for-gestational age fetuses: a population-based study

Biomarkers

The models

AFP levels

ln (AFP level) = 1.536 + 0.0161 (GA: week) - 0.0054 (Weight: Kg) - 0.0293 (DM); (r = 0.368; p-value < 0.001)

b-hCG levels

ln (b-hCG level) = 1.875–0.0164 (GA: week) - 0.0052 (Weight: Kg) + 0.0006 (Age, year) - 0.0487 (DM); (r = 0.392; p-value < 0.001)

uE3 levels

ln (uE3 level) = 0.2610 + 0.0236 (GA: week) - 0.0013 (Weight: Kg) – 0.0345 (DM) - 0.0005 (Age, year); (r = 0.274; p-value < 0.001)

IHA levels

ln (IHA level) = 2.6962–0.0068 (GA: week) - 0.0032 (Weight: Kg) + 0.0007 (Age, year)- 0.1383(DM); (r = 0.398; p-value < 0.001)

  1. DM diabetes mellitus