Strengths and limitations
Our study has several limitations. The main drawback of this model is the comparatively high cost of MRI examination. Generally, the current cost of MR imaging is approximately 3- to 4-fold the cost of ultrasonography. However, we simplified the acquisition parameters of the MRI examination for this model, which should reduce the cost of MRI for this specific population with suspected CPD. Hopefully, with the simplification of the MRI examination, the benefit of this method would outweigh the cost arguments. In addition, our study population included only Chinese women, and our results might not be representative of other ethnic populations. Furthermore, we only performed internal validation using bootstrap resampling, and further external validation should be required from other populations. Despite these limitations, we constructed a nomogram model to predict the risk of cesarean delivery with good accuracy; to our knowledge, it potentially was the first time.