Miscarriage Risk Score

Found this research article written by KKH doctors (and my IVF doctor is part of the team).


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My paraphrase of the formula from the article:

Miscarriage Risk Factors	Scores
Age 30 to 34	2
Age 35 and above	4
Indian	2
History of pregnancy loss	2
Underweight (BMI below 18.5)	2
Overweight (BMI 23 and above)	1
Smoker	3
Alcohol intake above 250 ml/week	2
No dietary supplement intake	2

Add up the score of the factors that applies to you.

Of course, I am interested to find out what's my risk score. Based on the formula, my score is 6, translating to intermediate risk of 17%, which doesn't seem too bad. However, the sample size of "age 35 and above" is only 37 (8%), which is probably not large enough.

In case you are not familiar with scientific research methodolody, I want to mention that every research has its limitations, which are often mentioned in the article itself. Hence, to get the full picture, you need to read this part too.