PROBLEM: The main aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between selected proinflammatory cytokines [interleukin IL-1 alpha (IL-1alpha), IL-1 beta (IL-1beta), IL-6 and IL-8] concentrations in cervicovaginal fluid, as measured in midgestation, and the risk of subsequent preterm delivery. METHOD OF STUDY: Cervicovaginal fluids were obtained from a cohort of 114 pregnant women at 22-34 weeks' gestation and analyzed for the concentrations of IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6 and IL-8 using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique. Lower genital tract microbiology was diagnosed using Gram stain method and by culture. RESULTS: Mean gestational age at the time of sampling was 29.0 weeks. Mean time between sampling and delivery was 9.3 weeks (S.D. 4.7). Median cervicovaginal concentrations of IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6 and IL-8 did not differ between preterm and term delivery group. Women with lower genital tract pathological flora and IL-1alpha concentration below 25th percentile presented significant risk of subsequent preterm delivery as compared with women with no low cytokines (OR = 10.7; 95% CI, 2.0-58.1). Women with more than one cytokine' low concentration (below 25th percentile) presented an increased risk of preterm delivery--OR = 11.8 (95% CI, 1.8-78.0). CONCLUSIONS: The midgestation cytokines' measurement in cervicovaginal fluid of pregnant women could be useful for prediction of preterm delivery only among women with lower genital tract pathological flora.
PROBLEM: The main aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between selected proinflammatory cytokines [interleukin IL-1 alpha (IL-1alpha), IL-1 beta (IL-1beta), IL-6 and IL-8] concentrations in cervicovaginal fluid, as measured in midgestation, and the risk of subsequent preterm delivery. METHOD OF STUDY: Cervicovaginal fluids were obtained from a cohort of 114 pregnant women at 22-34 weeks' gestation and analyzed for the concentrations of IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6 and IL-8 using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique. Lower genital tract microbiology was diagnosed using Gram stain method and by culture. RESULTS: Mean gestational age at the time of sampling was 29.0 weeks. Mean time between sampling and delivery was 9.3 weeks (S.D. 4.7). Median cervicovaginal concentrations of IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, IL-6 and IL-8 did not differ between preterm and term delivery group. Women with lower genital tract pathological flora and IL-1alpha concentration below 25th percentile presented significant risk of subsequent preterm delivery as compared with women with no low cytokines (OR = 10.7; 95% CI, 2.0-58.1). Women with more than one cytokine' low concentration (below 25th percentile) presented an increased risk of preterm delivery--OR = 11.8 (95% CI, 1.8-78.0). CONCLUSIONS: The midgestation cytokines' measurement in cervicovaginal fluid of pregnant women could be useful for prediction of preterm delivery only among women with lower genital tract pathological flora.
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