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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015 Apr;67(4):977–987. doi: 10.1002/art.39029

Table I.

Clinical and Laboratory Features of SLE Patients at Screening.

Poor Pregnancy Outcome
N (%)
Uncomplicated Pregnancy
N (%)

Clinical *
 Cutaneous 18/28 (64%) 15/27 (59%)
 Arthritis 20/28 (71%) 19/27 (70%)
 Serositis 5/28 (18%) 7/27 (26%)
 Hematologic 14/28 (50%) 14/27 (52%)
 Renal 15/28 (54%) 10/27 (37%)
Laboratory
 Anti-DNA 16/28 (57%) 9/26 (35%)
 Anti-Ro 9/25 (36%) 16/25 (64%)
 Anti-La 2/25 (8%) 6/25 (24%)
 Low C3 16/28 (57%) 7/27 (26%) §
Medications
 Hydroxychloroquine use 17/28 (61%) 16/27 (59%)
 Steroids use 16/28 (57%) 11/27 (41%)

Age (Mean ± SD) 31.6 ± 3.9 31.4 ± 4.5
SLEPDAI (Mean ± SD) 4.6 ± 3.5 2.2 ± 2.7
*

defined according to ACR criteria for SLE

p = 0.05

§

p = 0.02

p < 0.01