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The present study aimed to assess the usefulness of echogenicity in the CGA at term for predicting the time of spontaneous onset of labor.<\/jats:p><jats:p>The ratio of mean grayscale level (MGL) in the CGA to that in the cervical stroma (CGA\/stroma MGL ratio) was estimated as an index of echogenicity in the CGA in women after 36 weeks of gestation (n=190). Using this ratio, time until onset of labor was predicted among women between 37 and 38 weeks (n=104).<\/jats:p><jats:p>CGA\/stroma MGL ratio increased with advancing gestation, decreasing cervical length (CL), and increasing Bishop score. Univariate logistic analysis indicated that a combination of CL&lt;20 mm and CGA\/stroma MGL ratio \u2265100% predicted onset of labor within a week [odds ratio (OR), 22.2; 95% confidence interval (CI), 2.4\u2013202.0] was even better than short CL alone (OR, 6.8; 95%CI, 1.7\u201326.7; P=0.006). Stepwise logistic analysis identified that this combination was an only independent predictor (OR, 20.8; 95%CI, 2.3\u2013188.5; P=0.007).<\/jats:p><jats:p>The combination of CGA\/stroma MGL ratio \u2265100% and short CL may offer a useful predictor of onset of labor.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1515\/jpm-2014-0080","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,8,19]],"date-time":"2014-08-19T17:01:00Z","timestamp":1408467660000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Predicting onset of labor from echogenicity of the cervical gland area on vaginal ultrasonography at term"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"43","author":[{"given":"Michiko","family":"Yamaguchi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tekehiko","family":"Fukami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hirobumi","family":"Asakura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Toshiyuki","family":"Takeshita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","reference":[{"key":"ref241","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"749","DOI":"10.1038\/sj.jp.7211819","article-title":"Cervical length and the risk of spontaneous labor at term","volume":"27","author":"Tolaymat","year":"2007","journal-title":"J Perinatol"},{"key":"ref441","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"214","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijgo.2005.12.010","article-title":"Cervical gland area as an ultrasonographic marker for preterm delivery","author":"Pires","year":"2006","journal-title":"Int J Obstet"},{"key":"ref01","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"107","DOI":"10.1148\/radiographics.14.5.7991816","article-title":"Understanding the process of quantitative ultrasonic tissue characterization","volume":"14","author":"Allison","year":"1994","journal-title":"Radiographics"},{"key":"ref11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1159\/000209394","article-title":"Significance of cervical gland area in predicting preterm delivery in threatened preterm delivery : comparison with cervical length and fibronectin","author":"Asakura","year":"2009","journal-title":"Gynecol Obstet Invest"},{"key":"ref101","first-page":"491","article-title":"novel method for evaluating uterine cervical consistency using vaginal ultrasound gray - 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