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To evaluate the relationship between cervical fetal fibronectin and preterm delivery and the association between cervical fetal fibronectin level and gestational age at delivery. <jats:italic>Materials and Methods<\/jats:italic>. A prospective cohort study was performed in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria, involving equal number of pregnant women with (96) and without (96) preterm labour. Fetal fibronectin assay was done using solid\u2010phase immunogold assay. The data were analysed using IBM SPSS version 24. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were done. The level of significance was <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2010value &lt;0.05. <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. Less than half (47.9%) of the women in the study group had preterm delivery while 13.09% of the women in the control group delivered preterm. 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