Machine learning for the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth using early second and third trimester maternal blood gene expression: A cautionary tale

• Kylie K. Hornaday ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kylie K. Hornaday, Ty Werbicki

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kylie.hornaday@ucalgary.ca

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0876-5417

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• Ty Werbicki ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kylie K. Hornaday, Ty Werbicki

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Suzanne C. Tough,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Community of Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Stephen L. Wood,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• David W. Anderson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Science, Langara College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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• Constance H. Li ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software

  ¶‡ CHL and DMS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Donna M. Slater

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ CHL and DMS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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