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The incremental predictive value of HCA beyond gestational age and birth weight was also assessed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This single-center retrospective cohort study included 689 preterm infants born at &amp;lt;34 weeks of gestation between June 2020 and June 2025 with definitive placental histopathological findings; 392 were HCA-negative and 297 were HCA-positive. Multivariable logistic regression assessed the association between HCA and RDS after adjustment for gestational age, birth weight, premature rupture of membranes, antenatal corticosteroid exposure, and maternal C-reactive protein. An HCA\u2009\u00d7\u2009gestational-age-group interaction was tested. Three exploratory models were compared: HCA alone, gestational age plus birth weight, and gestational age plus birth weight plus HCA. Model performance was evaluated using AUC, DeLong and likelihood-ratio tests, reclassification indices, calibration, and 1,000 bootstrap resamples.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Overall, 271 infants (39.33%) developed RDS. RDS incidence was lower in the HCA-positive group than in the HCA-negative group (31.99% vs. 44.90%,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). The incidences of RDS in stage I, II, and III HCA were 26.32%, 30.61%, and 55.56%, respectively (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.004). Among infants born at &amp;lt;32 weeks, RDS incidence was lower in the HCA-positive group (33.81% vs. 52.94%,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001), whereas no significant difference was observed at 32\u2013&amp;lt;34 weeks (30.38% vs. 38.74%,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.093). After adjustment, HCA remained associated with lower odds of RDS (adjusted OR\u2009=\u20090.654, 95% CI: 0.472\u20130.906,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.011), but the interaction with gestational-age group was not significant (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.184). HCA alone showed poor discrimination (AUC=0.566). Adding HCA to gestational age and birth weight increased the AUC from 0.824 to 0.829, but the difference was not significant (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.218). Bootstrap-corrected AUCs were 0.821 and 0.825.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Placental HCA was independently associated with lower odds of RDS, but this observational association does not establish a causal protective effect. Gestational-age- and stage-specific findings were exploratory. HCA alone had poor discrimination, and its incremental predictive contribution beyond gestational age and birth weight was modest.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fped.2026.1910761","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,27]],"date-time":"2026-08-27T05:35:07Z","timestamp":1787808907000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Association between placental histological chorioamnionitis and respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants: a retrospective cohort study"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Hua","family":"Ke","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Neonatology Department, Northwest Women\u2019s and Children\u2019s Hospital","place":["Xi\u2019an, Shaanxi, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dong","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neonatology Department, Northwest 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