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Hospitalization costs associated with preterm deliveries present a huge economic burden. Existing physical\/biochemical markers for predicting preterm birth risk are mostly suited for application at mid\/late pregnancy stages, thereby leaving very short time (between diagnosis and delivery) for adopting appropriate intervention strategies. Recent studies indicating correlations between pre\/full-term delivery and the composition of vaginal microbiota in pregnant women have opened new diagnostic possibilities. In this study, we performed a thorough meta-analysis of vaginal microbiome datasets to evaluate the utility of popular diversity and inequality measures for predicting, at an early stage, the risk of preterm delivery. Results indicate significant differences (in diversity measures) between \u2018first-trimester\u2019 vaginal microbiomes obtained from women with term and preterm outcomes, indicating the potential diagnostic utility of these measures. In this context, we introduce a novel diversity metric that has significantly better diagnostic ability as compared to established diversity measures. The metric enables \u2018early\u2019 and highly accurate prediction of preterm delivery outcomes, and can potentially be deployed in clinical settings for preterm birth risk-assessment. 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