Table 1.
Characteristics of pregnant women
| Mothers, number | 70 |
|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 33.3 years (5.1) |
| Pregnancy, number (%) | |
| Term delivery (≥37 weeks) | 57 (81.4) |
| Preterm delivery (<37 weeks) | 13 (18.6) |
| Mode of delivery, number (%) | |
| Vaginal delivery | 33 (47.1) |
| Caesarean section | 37 (52.9) |
| Autoimmune diagnosed disease, number (%): | |
| Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) | 8 (11.4) |
| Systemic lupus erithematosus (SLE) | 9 (12.9) |
| Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 3 (4.3) |
| Antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS) | 5 (7.1) |
| Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) | 19 (27.1) |
| Othersa | 8 (11.4) |
| Not clinical manifest diseaseb | 18 (25.7) |
| Drug therapy during pregnancy, number (%) | 37 (52.9) |
a n = 1 autoimmune thyroiditis, n = 4 thrombocytopenia, n = 1 thyroiditis and autoimmune gastritis, n = 1 ulcerative colitis, n = 1 Wegener’s granulomatosis. All were ANA positive
bWomen positive to autoantibodies without clinical features of autoimmune disease