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. 2015 May 20;2015:975704. doi: 10.1155/2015/975704

Table 1.

Review of antiprothrombin antibodies and pregnancy complications.

Author, year (ref.) Study design Number of controls (feature) Number of patients (event) ELISA Isotype Sensit. (%) OR P
Forastiero et al., 1997 [12] R 89 (no obstetric complications) 44 (obstetric complications) aPT-A IgG 20 1.4 ns
IgM 12 1.8 ns

Akimoto et al., 2001 [17] P 12 (healthy nonpregnant) 19 (abortion <13th WG) aPT-A IgG 58 <0.01
36 (normal pregnancy) 28 (severe preeclampsia) aPT-A IgG 36 <0.01

Tsutsumi et al., 2001 [16] R 81 (≥2 recurrent miscarriages) aPS/PT IgG 0
IgM 0

Sugiura-Ogasawara et al., 2004 [15] R 100 (≥2 recurrent miscarriages) aPS/PT IgG 1
IgM 0

Bertolaccini et al., 2005 [18] R(M) 71 (healthy) 40 (recurrent abortions <10th WG) aPS/PT IgG 12 1.2 ns
IgM 9 1.4 ns
aPT-A IgG 11 0.9 ns
IgM 0 0.2 ns
37 (fetal death >10th WG) aPS/PT IgG 17 3.3 0.005
IgM 13 3.7 0.006
aPT-A IgG 19 4.1 0.0007
IgM 1 0.5 ns
29 (prematurity <34th WG preeclampsia/eclampsia/placental insufficiency) aPS/PT IgG 9 1.2 ns
IgM 5 0.9 ns
aPT-A IgG 10 1.4 ns
IgM 0 0.3 ns

Nojima et al., 2006 [13] R(M) 74 (healthy) 14 (fetal loss) aPS/PT 21 1.49 ns
aPT-A 14 0.25 ns

Sabatini et al., 2007 [21] RCC 200 (pregnant, gestational/age matched) 100 (pregnant, past ≥3 recurrent abortions <20th WG) aPT-A IgG 37 <0.001
IgM 18 <0.001
IgA 4 ns

Marozio et al., 2011 [3] RCC 163 (uneventful pregnancy) 163 (adverse late pregnancy outcome) aPT-A IgG 26 9.1 <0.001
IgM 2 na ns

Sater et al., 2012 [14] RCC 288 277 (≥3 miscarriages <12th WG) aPT-A IgM 4 14.27 ns

Vlagea et al., 2013 [19] R / 71 (obstetric abnormalities) aPS/PT IgG 25 2.37 0.04
IgM 27 1.32 ns

Žigon et al., 2013 [20] R(M) 55 (no obstetric complications) 28 (APS obstetric abnormalities) aPS/PT IgG 64 9.3 <0.001
IgM 54 4.0 <0.005

Medline query with keywords “antiprothrombin antibodies” and “pregnancy/obstetric/miscarriages/fetal loss” in various combinations yielded the documented reports. R: retrospective study, R(M): retrospective study with multivariate analyses, P: prospective study, RCC: retrospective case control study, ns: not significant, WG: week of gestation, OR: odds ratio, and Sensit.: diagnostic sensitivity.