TY - JOUR AU - Meena, B S AU - Jilowa, Alka AU - ., Purva AU - ., Anusha AU - ., Samta AU - ., Neelam PY - 2020/02/13 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - TO FIND OUT AN APPROPRIATE CUT-OFF VALUE OF HUMAN b-HCG LEVELS IN CERVICOVAGINAL SECRETIONS FOR PREDICTION OF PRETERM DELIVERY JF - International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies JA - IJMBS VL - 4 IS - 2 SE - DO - 10.32553/ijmbs.v4i2.945 UR - https://ijmbs.info/index.php/ijmbs/article/view/945 SP - AB - <p>Background: Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide and account for 75% of neonatal deaths and 50% of long term morbidity, including respiratory disease and neurodevelopment impairment.</p><p>Methods: Hospital based descriptive type of Observational study conducted at Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. SMS Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur (Raj.)</p><p>Results: ROC curve analysis was performed to determine the optimal cut-off values of significant variables (b-hcg harmone) detected between the two groups. A 19.05 mIU/ml (Positive if greater Than or Equal To) area under the curve (AUC = 0.906) optimal cut- off value of b-hcg harmone, with a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 97.1%, was determined with SE 0.036. This level is good to use as a diagnostic test.</p><p>Methods:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ?-HCG test is good and ?-hcg has high sensitivity and specificity so can be used as a diagnostic test for preterm labor.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> ?-HCG, Sensitivity, Specificity, Diagnostic.</p> ER -