Research Article

Analysis of Quality of Nuchal Translucency Measurements: Its Role in Prenatal Diagnosis

Table 3

Logarithmic mean and logarithmic standard deviation (SD) of the NT MoM values, according to the different criteria (operator, period, CRL values, FMF certification, and professional profile).

log NT
meanSD š‘›

Operator
ā€ƒObs 10,010,122.364
ā€ƒObs 20,000,10585
ā€ƒObs 30,050,10294
ā€ƒObs 40,010,13905
ā€ƒObs 50,000,0979
ā€ƒObs 6āˆ’0,090,15168
ā€ƒObs 7āˆ’0,040,1151
ā€ƒObs 8āˆ’0,030,131.232
ā€ƒObs 9āˆ’0,070,18114
ā€ƒObs 100,020,122.517
ā€ƒObs 11āˆ’0,030,132.715
ā€ƒObs 120,030,13167
ā€ƒObs 130,000,121.571
ā€ƒObs 14āˆ’0,020,08225
ā€ƒOthers < 50 USāˆ’0,070,16100

Period
ā€ƒ2003ā€“20060,000,145.56
ā€ƒ2007ā€“20090,000,116.623
CRL (mm)*
ā€ƒā‰¤60āˆ’0,010,137.62
ā€ƒ>600,000,115.467
FMF**
ā€ƒCertified0,000,111.719
ā€ƒNoncertifiedāˆ’0,010,1311.368
Profile*
ā€ƒDedicated0,000,1311.889
ā€ƒNondedicatedāˆ’0,010,141.198

Overall0,000,1313.087

Obs: observer or operator.
US: scans.
FMF: Fetal Medicine Foundation.
* š‘ƒ < 0 . 0 5 .
** š‘ƒ < 0 . 0 1 .