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Transvaginal evaluation of cervical length and a sonoelastogram were performed. We preliminarily classified the sonoelastograms into five elastography index (EI) categories and examined the different distribution of cesarean or spontaneous deliveries in various subgroups of EI by &amp;#x03C7;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;\/sup&gt; test and multivariate analysis by logistic regression. &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Results:&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;\/b&gt; Statistical analysis revealed a significant difference of prevalence of spontaneous delivery (EI1-3 82.75%, EI4-5 45.8%) versus cesarean section (EI1-3 17.25%, EI4-5 54.16%) (p = 0.0072). 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