Review Article

First-Trimester Uterine Artery Doppler Analysis in the Prediction of Later Pregnancy Complications

Table 2

Detection rate (DR) of early preeclampsia at a 10% false positive rate using various multiparametric predictive models (i.e., those including maternal characteristics, uterine artery Doppler, and biochemical markers).

Predictive modelParametersDR%

Parra-Cordero [52]BMI, smoking, lowest UtA-PI, and PlGF47

Odibo [53]HTN, mean UtA-PI, PAPP-A, and PP-1368

Poon [54]Maternal history, UtA-PI, and PAPP-A71.9

Scazzocchio [55]Ethnicity, BMI, parity, previous PE, age, HTN, renal disease, MAP, and mean UtA-PI81

Poon [36]Ethnicity, BMI, parity, previous PE, age, HTN, DM, thrombophilia, smoking, MAP, and lowest UtA-PI89

Crovetto [56]Maternal characteristics, MAP, UtA-PI, and sFlt-191.2

Poon [57]Maternal characteristics, lowest UtA-PI, MAP, and PlGF92.3

Poon [38]Maternal factors, UtA-PI, MAP, PAPP-A, and PlGF93.1*

Poon [58]Ethnicity, BMI, parity, previous PE, age, HTN, DM, thrombophilia, smoking, MAP, lowest UtA-PI, and PAPP-A95

Akolekar [59]Maternal factors, MAP, UtA-PI, PAPP-A, PlGF, PP13, sEng, inhibin-A, activin-A, PTX3, and P-selectin95.2

Akolekar [60]UtA-PI, MAP, PAPP-A, and PlGF96.3

*This study reported detection rates at a 5% false positive rate.