Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank all pregnant women who participated in
the maternity screening program and their attending midwives and
doctors. We are especially grateful to Mrs. Kate Brown and Mrs. Helen
Diamandis, who facilitated the data collection for this study.
Conflicts of interest: The authors report no conflicts of
interest.
Funding: No specific funding was received for this study.
Contribution of authorship: DLR, AR, MLG, KRP, AS, EMW and RJH
conceptualized the study and implemented routine screening in antenatal
clinic. TMK and RL were responsible for the laboratory tests. JR and DLR
collected the data. DLR analysed the data and drafted the manuscript.
All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.