Table 1.
Group of Patients | No. of couples | No. of APCA +ve * | Range of APCA titer | % +ve |
Normal pregnant women | ||||
* 0–3 month | 15 | 7 | 1:2 – 1:16 | 46.66 |
* 4–6 month | 15 | 5 | 1:4 – 1:32 | 33.33 |
*7–9 month | 15 | 6 | 1:8 – 1:64 | 40.00 |
Post delivery | ||||
* 0–6 month | 15 | 6 | 1:2 – 1:256 | 40.00 |
Women with RSA | ||||
* One month post abortion | 105 | 9 | 1:2 – 1:4 | 8.57 |
** 1 – 3 month pregnancy (RSA women) | 60 | 4 | 1:2 – 1:4 | 6.66 |
* Any titer ≥ 1:2 was taken as positive RSA vs. Control : X2 = 28.781 p < 0.001 ** RSA women after pregnancy on regular follow up Non pregnant RSA vs. Pregnant RSA X2 = 0.192 p > 0.05