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External validation of postnatal gestational age estimation using newborn metabolic profiles in Matlab, Bangladesh
Murphy MS, Hawken S, Cheng W, Wilson LA, Lamoureux M, Henderson M, Pervin J, Chowdhury A, Gravett C, Lackritz E, Potter BK, Walker M, Little J, Rahman A, Chakraborty P, Wilson K. External validation of postnatal gestational age estimation using newborn metabolic profiles in Matlab, Bangladesh. ELife 2019, 8: e42627. PMID: 30887951, PMCID: PMC6424558, DOI: 10.7554/elife.42627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGestational ageGestational age estimationCord bloodNewborn metabolic profilesHeel prick samplesLow-resource settingsTerm infantsPreterm birthHeel prickPopulation-level estimatesPostnatal gestational age estimationBlood spotsMetabolic profileExternal validationInfantsScreening facilityAgeBloodFeasible optionMajority of samplesNewbornsPrickCordWeeks
2020
External validation of ELASTIC NET regression models including newborn metabolomic markers for postnatal gestational age estimation in East and South-East Asian infants
Hawken S, Murphy M, Ducharme R, Bota A, Wilson L, Cheng W, Tumulak M, Alcausin M, Reyes M, Qiu W, Potter B, Little J, Walker M, Zhang L, Padilla C, Chakraborty P, Wilson K. External validation of ELASTIC NET regression models including newborn metabolomic markers for postnatal gestational age estimation in East and South-East Asian infants. Gates Open Research 2020, 4: 164. DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13131.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCohort of infantsBirth weightMetabolomic markersLow-resource settingsResource settingsGrowth-restricted infantsNewborn metabolic profilesHeel-prick blood sampleRetrospective database studyNewborn screening programsGestational age estimationAsian infantsScreening programChinese cohortClinical utilityDatabase studyBlood samplesInfantsPostnatal gestational age estimationCohortUltrasound valuesMetabolic profileInternal validationMetabolomics modelBirth estimates