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Table 3 Performance of the uterine artery indices in distinguishing early-onset or preterm preeclampsia from variants of normal pregnant women without preeclampsia*

From: Gestational week-specific of uterine artery Doppler indices in predicting preeclampsia: a hospital-based retrospective cohort study

Gestational weeks at delivery

No. of women

PE type (cases)

Uterine artery parameters

AUC (95%CI)

P value

Youden index

Any weeks

29,628

Early PE (118)

Right PI

0.76 (0.71–0.82)

 < 0.001

0.45

Right RI

0.76 (0.71–0.81)

 < 0.001

0.44

Left PI

0.76 (0.70–0.81)

 < 0.001

0.43

Left RI

0.75 (0.69–0.80)

 < 0.001

0.43

 < 37

1484

Preterm PE (236)

Right PI

0.72 (0.68–0.76)

 < 0.001

0.34

Right RI

0.70 (0.66–0.74)

 < 0.001

0.30

Left PI

0.71 (0.67–0.75)

 < 0.001

0.32

Left RI

0.69 (0.65–0.73)

 < 0.001

0.31

 < 37

1354

Early PE (106)

Right PI

0.75 (0.70–0.81)

 < 0.001

0.44

Right RI

0.75 (0.70–0.81)

 < 0.001

0.44

Left PI

0.75 (0.69–0.80)

 < 0.001

0.43

Left RI

0.73 (0.67–0.79)

 < 0.001

0.41

 < 34

274

Early PE (78)

Right PI

0.77 (0.70–0.84)

 < 0.001

0.48

Right RI

0.77 (0.70–0.83)

 < 0.001

0.46

Left PI

0.78 (0.71–0.84)

 < 0.001

0.48

Left RI

0.76 (0.69–0.83)

 < 0.001

0.43

  1. *The cutoff values for right PI/RI, left PI/RI are 1.11, 0.66, 1.11, and 0.63, respectively