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We used data from 161 women who met inclusion criteria including symptoms of preterm labor between 20<jats:sup>0\/7<\/jats:sup>and 36<jats:sup>6\/7<\/jats:sup>weeks\u2019 gestation without ruptured membranes and with cervical dilatation &lt;3 cm and effacement &lt;80%. Presence of PAMG-1 in cervicovaginal fluid was tested using a PartoSure kit, cervical length was measured by transvaginal ultrasound, and the time to spontaneous delivery was calculated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Pregnant women with labor pain who had cervical length &lt;30 mm (45\/161; 28%) went into delivery within 7 days, and women with a cervical length &lt;15 mm (11\/14; 79%) went into delivery within 7 days. When the PAMG-1 test result was positive and cervical length was \u226415 mm, the positive predictive value (PPV) was 83%; and when cervical length was \u226430 mm the PPV was 69%. The optimal cut off from receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that a cervical length &lt;25 mm and PAMG-1 positive result has a PPV of 80% to predict preterm birth within 7 days and 90% within 14 days. The area under the curve (95% confidence interval) for a positive PAMG-1 result and cervical length \u226425 mm to predict preterm birth &lt;7 days was 0.61 (0.50, 0.73) and &lt;14 days was 0.60 (0.49, 0.70).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Cervical length ranging 15\u201330 mm combined with a positive PAMG-1 test result has a high accuracy to predict imminent spontaneous delivery within 7 days by women with preterm labor and cervical dilatation &lt;3 cm in clinical practice.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2478\/abm-2021-0015","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,4]],"date-time":"2021-07-04T23:39:52Z","timestamp":1625441992000},"page":"119-127","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Placental \u03b1-microglobulin-1 in cervicovaginal fluid and cervical length to predict preterm birth by Thai women with symptoms of labor"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3207-6187","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Saifon","family":"Chawanpaiboon","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital , Mahidol University , Bangkok , Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2831-4031","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vitaya","family":"Titapant","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital , Mahidol University , Bangkok , Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5483-7469","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julaporn","family":"Pooliam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital , Mahidol University , Bangkok , Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021070620261041508_j_abm-2021-0015_ref_001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Schaaf JM, Mol BWJ, Abu-Hanna A, Ravelli ACJ. 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