Racial disparities in cervical length for prediction of preterm birth in a low risk population

Evaluation of Uterocervical Angle and Cervical Length as Predictors of Spontaneous Preterm Birth

“…Studies have demonstrated that there are racial discrepancies of second trimester short CL in black women compared with white, Asian and Hispanic women. 26 A study by Thain et al found a significantly shorter median CL at 28 to 22 weeks and at 28 to 32 weeks in the Indian population compared with the other ethnicities. 27 To the best of our knowledge, no study has been undertaken to evaluate the relation of ethnicity and UCA.…”

Spontaneous preterm birth and cervical length in a pregnant Asian population

“…This was observed similarly in our study population, with the https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230125.g001 It is widely known that cervical length can vary amongst different ethnicities. Perhaps the most common example would be that of African Americans having a significant shorter cervical length compared to Caucasians, with this being been reported in various published studies [13,14]. Studies also previously demonstrated that cervical lengths in pregnant Asian women are different from that of Western women [12,[15][16][17].…”

Personalized obstetrics: the importance of specificity

“…Cervical length is vastly superior to obstetrical history in its contribution to case detection, particularly for early and mid‐trimester preterm birth and is appropriately recommended for routine screening in the mid‐trimester by select organizations 15 . In the USA, a mid‐trimester short cervix is significantly more frequent, up to three times more common, in non‐Hispanic black than white patients 31 . Therapeutics aimed at this important biomarker have improved and will continue to improve outcomes in this underserved population, to address this tragic disparity.…”