International study for early diagnosis of preeclampsia

Summary

: This is a research collaboration between approximately 60 studies from around the world. The purpose is to create better prediction models for early diagnosis of preeclampsia by collecting data from pregnancies for women who participate in larger studies.

Abstract:

This is a research collaboration between approximately 60 studies from around the world. The purpose is to create better prediction models for early diagnosis of preeclampsia by collecting data from pregnancies for women who participate in larger studies. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health will be a partner and will contribute with data from the Norwegian mother, father and Child Study (MoBa). The benefit of the study is to be able to follow up pregnant women better so that there are as few complications as possible for mother and child. The data will be analysed together by the central analysis unit at the Women's Health Research Unit, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. The method is to collect anonymised individual data from all the examinations in a so-called Individual Patient Data meta-analysis, where variables can be standardised and prediction models developed, with analyses of subtypes of preeclampsia.