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. 2016 Jun 23;76(2):414–417. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209322

Table 3.

Outcomes of pregnant women with RA exposed to adalimumab compared with pregnant women with RA not exposed to adalimumab and to pregnant women without autoimmune disease

Adalimumab-exposed cohort
N=74
n (%)
RA Comparison cohort
N=80
n (%)
RR (95% CI) Healthy cohort
N=219
n (%)
RR (95% CI)
Live births 65 (87.8) 74 (92.5) 0.95 (0.85 to 1.05) 198 (90.4) 0.97 (0.88 to 1.07)
Major birth defects among live births 3/65 (4.6) 4/74 (5.4) 0.75* (0.13 to 3.61) 10/198 (5.1) 0.91 (0.26 to 3.22)
Major birth defects among all pregnancies 3/72 (4.2) 5/77 (6.5) 0.72* (0.14 to 3.50) 10/202 (5.0) 0.77 (0.22 to 2.67)
≥3 Minor malformations† 12/45 (26.7) 18/64 (28.1) 1.15‡ (0.43 to 3.08) 31/123 (25.2) 1.06§ (0.41 to 2.53)

*Adjusted for RA disease severity (impairment) measure; adjusted OR and 95% CI is reported as an estimate of the adjusted RR and 95% CI.

†Reflects the number with pattern of minor malformations among infants receiving dysmorphological examination.

‡Adjusted for maternal education, RA disease severity measures (impairment, pain) and sex of infant; adjusted OR and 95% CI are reported as estimates of the adjusted RR and 95% CI.

§Adjusted for prednisone use; adjusted OR and 95% CI are reported as estimates of the adjusted RR and 95% CI.

RA, rheumatoid arthritis; RR, relative risk.