Improved prediction of gestational hypertension by inclusion of placental growth factor and pregnancy associated plasma protein-a in a sample of Ghanaian women

• Main Authors: Edward Antwi (Author), Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch (Author), Joyce L. Browne (Author), Peter C. Schielen (Author), Kwadwo A. Koram (Author), Irene A. Agyepong (Author), Diederick E. Grobbee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background We assessed whether adding the biomarkers Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein-A (PAPP-A) and Placental Growth Factor (PlGF) to maternal clinical characteristics improved the prediction of a previously developed model for gestational hypertension in a cohort of Ghanaian pregnant w...