Lin Y, Hu P, Li H, Luo C, Liang D, Xu Z. J Cell Mol Med. 2022;26(8):2251-2258. doi:10.1111/jcmm.17245. Open Access: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcmm.17245.
Tags: Clinical Experience / Clinical Utility, 2022, China, RAAs
- “151 (0.24%) RATs results were reported among 62,752 NIPS examinations. Sixty-five women chose to undergo amniocentesis for confirmation, which revealed 3 cases of true fetal mosaicism for RATs and a positive predictive value of 4.6% (3/65). Among the 139 women with available outcomes, 26 (18.7%) had a preterm birth, 10 (7.2%) underwent pregnancy termination because of fetal defects and 5 (3.6%) had miscarriages. Interestingly, compared with the control group, pregnancies in which NIPS revealed trisomy 16 (T16), T22, T9 and T2 were at higher risk of adverse outcomes, including preterm birth, miscarriage and ultrasound abnormalities. However, the risk of adverse outcomes was comparable between the control group and pregnancies with positive results of T7, T3, T8 and T20.”
- “In summary, the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes was higher in women with specific RATs-positive NIPS results. Pregnancies with T16, T22, T9 and T2 results, even if false-positive, should be considered high-risk pregnancies.”