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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012 Sep;64(9):1373–1381. doi: 10.1002/acr.21704

Table 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics of neonates.

Group 1 (N=59) Group 2 (N=35) Group 3 (N=29) P-value 1 vs. 2 P-value 1 vs. 3
Sex of Child
 Male 24 (40%) 22 (63%) 7 (24%) 0.06 1.0
 Female 34 (58%) 13 (37%) 10 (35%)
 NA 1 (2%) 0 (0%) 12 (41%)
Race/ethnicity
 White 47 (80%) 28 (80%) 14 (48%) 1.0 1.0
 Black 3 (5%) 2 (6%) 0 (0%)
 Hispanic 2 (3%) 0 (0%) 4 (14%)
 Asian 5 (9%) 3 (8%) 0 (0%)
 Other/NA 2 (3%) 2 (6%) 11 (38%)
Antibody Status
 Anti-Ro52 58 (98%) 35 (100%) 27 (93%) 1.0 0.3
 Anti-p200 50 (85%) 33 (94%) 21 (72%) 0.2 0.2
 Anti-Ro60 59 (100%) 35 (100%) 29 (100%) 1.0 1.0
 Anti-La 30 (51%) 23 (66%) 17 (57%) 0.2 0.5
Gestational Age (wks) 36.9 (±0.3)* 37.9 (±0.3) 38.3 (±0.4) 0.004 0.005
Birth weight (g) 2746 (±104)§ 3123 (±147)|| 3078 (±181) 0.03 0.1

Group 1: cardiac NL, 3rd degree block (n=47), 2nd degree (n=2),1st degree (n=3), cardiomyopathy (n=5), sinus bradycardia (n=3)

Group 2: unaffectedwith at least one sibling with cardiac NL, cutaneous NL (n=4)

Group 3: unaffectedwith unaffected siblings, cutaneous NL (n=3), hepatic/hematological complications (n=1).

*

n=55,

n=35,

n=15,

§

n=34,

||

n=18,

n=9

NA=not available