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Coagulation Status in Women with a History of Missed Abortion

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The purpose of this study assess the status of coagulation function in a large series of reproductive-age women with a history of missed abortion in China. Likewise, we want to explore the association between coagulation and missed abortions, in order to evaluate whether they could be used as early predictive factors for missed abortions. A total of 11,182 women who suffered from missed abortion from Peking University Third Hospital and 5298 healthy age-matched reproductive-age women were enrolled in our study. Coagulation function tests (prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time), fibrinolysis status detection (fibrinogen, D-Dimer), anticoagulation function tests (protein C, protein S and antithrombin III), and lupus anticoagulants (LAC) were examined. In addition, platelet counts were detected by automated hematology analyzer. Platelet aggregation (PAgT) was tested by light transmission aggregometry (LTA). Compared with healthy reproductive-age women, the level of D-Dimer, dRVVT-R, PC, PAgT, and platelet count was higher, and the antithrombin III (AT-III) activity was lower in women with a history of missed abortion. (P < 0.05). A total of 13.1% patients with a history of missed abortion were positive for LAC, and platelet aggregation rates were increased in 47.4% patients. Moreover, multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that D-Dimer, dRVVT-R, AT-III, PC, and PAgT had significant predictive value for missed abortion. In addition, a model based on coagulation function tests for predicting missed abortion was developed. These findings provide evidence of hypercoagulability in patients with a history of missed abortion. Lupus anticoagulant, PAgT, and D-Dimer were the strongest predictors of missed abortion.was to

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Funding

This study was supported by grants from programs of the Natural Science Foundation of China (62071011, 81800604) and Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital Excellent Youth’ Plan Special Funds (YQRC201808).

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  1. Department of Reproductive Medicine, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University. Beijing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Beijing, 100026, China

    Dandan Chen

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100050, China

    Junxiong Wang

  3. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China

    Hongchao Liu, Tong Xu, Jiao Qiao, Qi Liu, Yuan Tan, Zijing Li, Liyan Cui & Shuo Yang

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Chen, D., Wang, J., Liu, H. et al. Coagulation Status in Women with a History of Missed Abortion. Reprod. Sci. 31, 480–487 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43032-023-01355-0

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