title: Maternal circulating PlGF concentrations and placenta-related pregnancy complications: First results from the CoLab AngF Study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Circulating angiogenic factors are potential markers for preeclampsia, but heterogeneous studies have failed to identify precise predictive/diagnostic properties. The Global CoLaboratory is investigating how to merge published data of angiogenic factors for meta-analysis on an individual sample basis.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To amalgamate pregnancy angiogenic factor studies, investigate diagnostic and predictive properties of these markers in preeclampsia and placenta-related pregnancy complications, and to test if measures from disparate platforms can be standardised. This is the first report using PlGF measures to diagnose preeclampsia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were derived from 15 cohorts, within and outside the CoLaboratory network. Women were classified as either case (confirmed diagnosis of preeclampsia at sampling) or non-case (no preeclampsia at sampling). Individual PlGF measurements from four different analytical platforms were used, along with transformations of the data (e.g. log-transformations, transformations to a baseline platform). Transformed measurements were standardised both for specific platforms and globally, stratifying on gestational age. Different statistical techniques were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The database currently contains 1442 cases and 11,512 non-cases, which were used to define an algorithm to merge PlGF measurements from different platforms. Non-case distributions were used to standardise case results. Diagnostic PlGF measurements in relation to preeclampsia will be presented and confirm feasibility.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future studies can extend this approach to other angiogenic factors, prediction as well as diagnosis and to other placenta-related disorders.
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