Prognostic value of cervical length for spontaneous preterm birth in asymptomatic women with singleton pregnancy: An individual participant data meta-analysis

Kelly Hughes, David Nguyen, Mason Aberoumand, Heather Ford, Erin Clarke, Nuria Banos Lopez, Margaret Dziadosz, Richard Fischer, Renato T. Souza, Jose Guilherme Cecatti, Kelly Orzechowski, Courtney Olson-Chen, Alberto Borges Peixoto, Vorapong Phupong, Joshua Rosenbloom, Moeun Son, Athena Souka, Liu Du, Michael Sean Esplin, Roberta Granese, Simi Gupta, Brenda Kazemier, Lindsay Kindinger, Pihla Kuusela, Jeanine Van der Ven, Omer Weitzner, Evelyn Minis, Alba Farras Llobet, Heather Frey, Rashmi Bagga, Siddhidatri Mishra, Elizabeth Patberg, Philip Bennett, Megan Hall, Andrew Shennan, Shaun Brennecke, Shakila Thangaratinam, Anna Lene Seidler, Ben Willem Mol, Rui Wang

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004653
Published: 2026-06-02
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004653,
  title = {Prognostic value of cervical length for spontaneous preterm birth in asymptomatic women with singleton pregnancy: An individual participant data meta-analysis},
  author = {Kelly Hughes and David Nguyen and Mason Aberoumand and Heather Ford and Erin Clarke and Nuria Banos Lopez and Margaret Dziadosz and Richard Fischer and Renato T. Souza and Jose Guilherme Cecatti and Kelly Orzechowski and Courtney Olson-Chen and Alberto Borges Peixoto and Vorapong Phupong and Joshua Rosenbloom and Moeun Son and Athena Souka and Liu Du and Michael Sean Esplin and Roberta Granese and Simi Gupta and Brenda Kazemier and Lindsay Kindinger and Pihla Kuusela and Jeanine Van der Ven and Omer Weitzner and Evelyn Minis and Alba Farras Llobet and Heather Frey and Rashmi Bagga and Siddhidatri Mishra and Elizabeth Patberg and Philip Bennett and Megan Hall and Andrew Shennan and Shaun Brennecke and Shakila Thangaratinam and Anna Lene Seidler and Ben Willem Mol and Rui Wang},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS Medicine},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pmed.1004653},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004653}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Prognostic value of cervical length for spontaneous preterm birth in asymptomatic women with singleton pregnancy: An individual participant data meta-analysis
AU  - Kelly Hughes
AU  - David Nguyen
AU  - Mason Aberoumand
AU  - Heather Ford
AU  - Erin Clarke
AU  - Nuria Banos Lopez
AU  - Margaret Dziadosz
AU  - Richard Fischer
AU  - Renato T. Souza
AU  - Jose Guilherme Cecatti
AU  - Kelly Orzechowski
AU  - Courtney Olson-Chen
AU  - Alberto Borges Peixoto
AU  - Vorapong Phupong
AU  - Joshua Rosenbloom
AU  - Moeun Son
AU  - Athena Souka
AU  - Liu Du
AU  - Michael Sean Esplin
AU  - Roberta Granese
AU  - Simi Gupta
AU  - Brenda Kazemier
AU  - Lindsay Kindinger
AU  - Pihla Kuusela
AU  - Jeanine Van der Ven
AU  - Omer Weitzner
AU  - Evelyn Minis
AU  - Alba Farras Llobet
AU  - Heather Frey
AU  - Rashmi Bagga
AU  - Siddhidatri Mishra
AU  - Elizabeth Patberg
AU  - Philip Bennett
AU  - Megan Hall
AU  - Andrew Shennan
AU  - Shaun Brennecke
AU  - Shakila Thangaratinam
AU  - Anna Lene Seidler
AU  - Ben Willem Mol
AU  - Rui Wang
PY  - 2026
JO  - PLOS Medicine
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004653
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APA

Hughes, K., Nguyen, D., Aberoumand, M., Ford, H., Clarke, E., Lopez, N. B., Dziadosz, M., Fischer, R., Souza, R. T., Cecatti, J. G., Orzechowski, K., Olson-Chen, C., Peixoto, A. B., Phupong, V., Rosenbloom, J., Son, M., Souka, A., Du, L., Esplin, M. S., Granese, R., Gupta, S., Kazemier, B., Kindinger, L., Kuusela, P., Ven, J. V. D., Weitzner, O., Minis, E., Llobet, A. F., Frey, H., Bagga, R., Mishra, S., Patberg, E., Bennett, P., Hall, M., Shennan, A., Brennecke, S., Thangaratinam, S., Seidler, A. L., Mol, B. W., & Wang, R. (2026). Prognostic value of cervical length for spontaneous preterm birth in asymptomatic women with singleton pregnancy: An individual participant data meta-analysis. PLOS Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004653

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