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Table 1 Maternal characteristics of pregnant women who underwent NIPT

From: Noninvasive prenatal testing for assessing foetal sex chromosome aneuploidy: a retrospective study of 45,773 cases

Maternal age (years)

Cases (%)

< 30

17,449 (38.12%)

30 ≤ year ≤ 34

11,403 (24.91%)

35 ≤ year ≤ 39

14,353 (31.36%)

> 39

2568 (5.61%)

Gestational age at NIPT (weeks)

12–15

4853 (10.60%)

16–19

33,066 (72.24%)

20–23

6740 (14.72%)

24–26

1037 (2.27%)

> 26

77 (0.17%)

Clinical features

Advanced maternal age (age ≥ 35 years)

16,921 (36.97%)

High or critical risk of serological screening

19,820 (43.30%)

Foetal soft markers by B-ultrasound

503 (1.10%)

Increased NT

86 (0.19%)

Missed other screening opportunities

500 (1.09%)

No clinical indications

7943 (17.35%)