Table 2.
Characteristics of the studies included in the analyses
No. | Author | Year | No. Patients | No. of Pregnancies | APA Positive | History of Nephritis | Active Nephritis | Flare During Pregnancy |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Daskalakis et al. (6) | 1998 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 |
2 | Mintz et al. (13) | 1986 | 75 | 102 | n/a | 58 | 9 | 55 |
3 | Sittiwangkul et al. (14) | 1999 | 42 | 48 | n/a | 24 | 13 | 16 |
4 | Oviasu et al. (15) | 1991 | 25 | 53 | 8 | 53 | 6 | 1 |
5 | Le Houng et al. (16) | 1997 | 38 | 62 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 17 |
6 | Rahman et al. (9) | 1998 | 73 | 141 | 17 | n/a | 23 | 72 |
7 | Georgiou et al. (17) | 2000 | 47 | 59 | 10 | n/a | 6 | 14 |
8 | Imbasciati et al. (11) | 1984 | 19 | 26 | n/a | 18 | 18 | 21 |
9 | Le Thi Houng et al. (3) | 1994 | 84 | 103 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 34 |
10 | Packham et al. (18) | 1992 | 41 | 64 | 21 | 46 | 34 | 16 |
11 | Wong et al. (19) | 1991 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 13 |
12 | Ruiz-Irastorza et al. (41) | 1996 | 68 | 78 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 63 |
13 | Julkunen et al. (20) | 1993 | 112 | 242 | 56 | 22 | n/a | n/a |
14 | Nossent and Swaak (21) | 1990 | 37 | 63 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
15 | Houng et al. (7) | 2001 | 22 | 32 | 17 | 32 | 4 | 5 |
16 | Wagner et al. (22) | 2009 | 58 | 90 | n/a | 43 | 23 | 2 |
17 | Tandon et al. (23) | 2004 | 53 | 78 | 0 | 78 | 65 | 33 |
18 | Wong et al. (4) | 2006 | 17 | 24 | 0 | n/a | 12 | 5 |
19 | Whitelaw et al. (24) | 2008 | 31 | 47 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 13 |
20 | Soubassi et al. (25) | 2004 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 20 |
21 | Surita et al. (26) | 2007 | 67 | 76 | 24 | 47 | 29 | 58 |
22 | Molad et al. (27) | 2005 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 2 | n/a | 6 |
23 | Phadungkiatwattana et al. (28) | 2007 | 68 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
24 | Imbasciati et al. (29) | 2008 | 81 | 113 | 27 | 113 | 34 | 34 |
25 | Clowse et al. (30) | 2005 | 203 | 267 | 124 | 52 | 42 | 32 |
26 | Cortes-Hernandez et al. (31) | 2002 | 60 | 103 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 39 |
27 | Cavallasca et al. (32) | 2008 | 61 | 72 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 14 |
28 | Chandran et al. (33) | 2005 | 31 | 52 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 |
29 | Clark et al. (34) | 2003 | 88 | 88 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
30 | Moroni et al. (35) | 2002 | 48 | 70 | 16 | 51 | 25 | 13 |
31 | Carmona et al. (36) | 2005 | 35 | 42 | 11 | 42 | 13 | 8 |
32 | Wang et al. (37) | 2006 | 66 | 66 | n/a | 26 | 26 | 15 |
33 | Zhang et al. (38) | 2007 | 26 | 34 | n/a | 34 | n/a | 8 |
34 | Julkunen et al. (40) | 1993 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 26 | n/a | 2 |
35 | Lima et al. (42) | 1995 | 90 | 108 | 44 | 14 | 14 | 74 |
36 | Derksen et al. (5) | 1994 | 25 | 35 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 6 |
37 | Carmona et al. (39) | 1999 | 46 | 60 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
Totals (n) | 1842 | 2751 | 619 | 1000 | 492 | 747 |
n/a, not available, i.e., not reported in the original paper.