Elizabeth A Jasper, Scott P Oltman, Elizabeth E Rogers, John M Dagle, Jeffrey C Murray, Moses Kamya, Abel Kakuru, Richard Kajubi, Teddy Ochieng, Harriet Adrama, Martin Okitwi, Peter Olwoch, Prasanna Jagannathan, Tamara D Clark, Grant Dorsey, Theodore Ruel, Laura L Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Kelli K Ryckman
OBJECTIVE: Our study sought to determine whether metabolites from a retrospective collection of banked cord blood specimens could accurately estimate gestational age and to validate these findings in cord blood samples from Busia, Uganda. STUDY DESIGN: Forty-seven metabolites were measured by tandem mass spectrometry or enzymatic assays from 942 banked cord blood samples. Multiple linear regression was performed, and the best model was used to predict gestational age, in weeks, for 150 newborns from Busia, Uganda...
February 2022: Journal of Perinatology: Official Journal of the California Perinatal Association