Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado; and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.
Corresponding author: Nicholas Behrendt, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 12631 East 17th Avenue, Room 4403, B198-6, Aurora, CO 80045; e-mail: [email protected].
Initial funding for the Preterm Prediction Study was provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
The authors thank the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal--Fetal Medicine Units Network, the Maternal--Fetal Medicine Units Preterm Prediction Study Protocol Subcommittee, and the Biostatistical Coordinating Center at George Washington University for making the database available for this analysis.
Presented as a poster at the 32nd Society for Maternal–Fetal Medicine Annual Meeting, February 6--11, 2012, Dallas, Texas.
The contents of this report represent the views of the authors and do not represent the views of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal--Fetal Medicine Units Network.
Financial Disclosure Dr. Gibbs has been a consultant to Columbia Laboratories. The other authors did not report any potential conflicts of interest.