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  • Low first-trimester PAPP-A in IVF (fresh and frozen-thawed) pregnancies, likely due to a biological cause

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    Hunt, Lauren P
    McInerney-Leo, AM
    Sinnott, S
    Sutton, B
    Cincotta, R
    Duncombe, G
    Chua, J
    Peterson, M
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    Peterson, Madelyn
    Hunt, Lauren
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    2017
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    Abstract
    Purpose: The purpose of this study is to confirm a difference in the first-trimester screen maternal biochemistry and false-positive rates (FPR) between pregnancies conceived spontaneously and those conceived via assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Methods: Retrospective analysis of the complete population of women (17,889 pregnancies) who had undergone first-trimester screening between January 2004 and September 2009 at three private ultrasound clinics in Queensland, Australia was used in the study. The age, gestation, method of conception, ultrasound markers, biochemistry markers (PAPP-A, fβ-hCG), and type of ...
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    Purpose: The purpose of this study is to confirm a difference in the first-trimester screen maternal biochemistry and false-positive rates (FPR) between pregnancies conceived spontaneously and those conceived via assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Methods: Retrospective analysis of the complete population of women (17,889 pregnancies) who had undergone first-trimester screening between January 2004 and September 2009 at three private ultrasound clinics in Queensland, Australia was used in the study. The age, gestation, method of conception, ultrasound markers, biochemistry markers (PAPP-A, fβ-hCG), and type of biochemical analyzer platform (Brahms Kryptor, Immulite 2000) data was collated. Univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA), Spearman’s rank nonparametric correlation analysis, and Binary Logistic Regression analysis were used to analyze data. Spontaneous pregnancies were used as controls. Results were considered significant when the p value was less than 0.05. Results: After exclusions, 16,363 singleton pregnancies, including 1543 conceived via ART, were analyzed. Results from the two biochemistry platforms, Brahms Kryptor and Immulite 2000 were significantly different (p < 0.001); thus, the data was divided for analysis purposes. PAPP-A was universally significantly lower in IVF pregnancies compared to spontaneously conceived pregnancies (p < 0.001). Using the Brahms Kryptor platform, ICSI was associated with significantly decreased PAPP-A (p < 0.046), and a significantly increased FPR (p = 0.012). Conclusions: Consistent with previous studies IVF pregnancies had significantly lower PAPP-A levels supporting the need to appropriately adjust the combined first-trimester screening (cFTS) risk algorithm for IVF conceptions. The Brahms Kryptor and Immulite 2000 platforms are significantly different; however, the universally lower PAPP-A findings support the hypothesis that the lower PAPP-A is due to a biological cause.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
    Volume
    34
    Issue
    10
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-017-0996-1
    Copyright Statement
    © 2017 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Volume 34, Issue 10, pp 1367–1375, 2017. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics is available online at: http://link.springer.com// with the open URL of your article.
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    Genetics
    Genetics not elsewhere classified
    Paediatrics
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/351283
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