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A 31-year-old female asked:

am 31yrs old, was 15wks when did my quad screening&it came back negative, saying its 1:131 for ds, 1:630 for maternal age.what does that mean?

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Dr. Bryan Treacy answered

Gynecology 35 years experience

Double check: Usually a quadruple screen is reported positive if the risk comes back higher than 1 in 250, which is the risk of down's syndrome for a pregnancy woman 35 years of age. For your age, the average risk of down's syndrome is being reported at 1 in 630.

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