Table 1.

Clinical characteristic of the patients studied

Clinical characteristics	CHB+ study cohort (n=16)	CHB− control cohort (n=65)	p Value
Mean age±SD	32.7±5.2	34.4±4.52	0.35
Diseases
Sjögren’s syndrome	5	26	0.72
Undifferentiated connective tissue disease	3	20	0.52
Systemic lupus erythematosus	0	3	0.89
Rheumatoid arthritis	0	1	0.44
Discoid lupus	0	1	0.44
Antiphospholipid syndrome	0	2	0.85
Asymptomatic women	8	12	0.02*
Thyroiditis†	4	8	0.37

*Statistically significant difference.

†Alone or associated.

CHB+, congenital heart block outcome; CHB−, normal pregnancy outcome.