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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: BJOG. 2018 Oct 24;126(5):656–661. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15469

Table 1.

Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Women with Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome (Obs-APS) in APS ACTION registry with/without Subsequent Non-gravid Thrombosis.

Variables, n (%) Obstetric APS only
(n=52)
Obstetric APS followed by
Thrombosis (n=47)
p value
       Demographics
Age of first pregnancy morbidity 28.9 ± 6.77 26.25 ± 5.52 0.03
Associated Autoimmune Disease
  No other autoimmune disease 28 (53.8%) 29 (61.7%) 0.21
  SLE 12 (23.0%) 8 (17.0%) 0.22
  Lupus-like disease (3 American College of Rheumatology criteria for lupus) 6 (11.5%) 2 (4.2%) 0.09
  Other 6 (11.5%) 8 (17.0%) 0.43
Vascular Events
Venous Thrombosis NA 25 (53.1%) NA
Arterial Thrombosis NA 17 (36.1%) NA
Venous and Arterial Thrombosis NA 5 (10.6%) NA
Cardiovascular Risk Factors at registry entry
  Hypertension on medication 11 (21.1%) 20 (42.5) 0.01
  Diabetes on medication 1 (1.9%) 3 (6.3%) 0.13
  Hyperlipidemia on medication 3 (5.7%) 8 (17.0%) 0.03
  Obesity (BMI > 30) 6 (11.5%) 11 (23.4%) 0.06
  Smoking (ever) 9 (17.3%) 18 (38.2%) 0.009
First Pregnancy Morbidity
  Fetal Loss 34 (65.3%) 30 (63.8%) 0.43
  Premature Birth < 34 week 14 (26.9%) 12 (25.5%) 0.43
  ≥ Three (pre)-embryonic loss 4 (7.6%) 5 (10.6%) 0.30
Non-Criteria Manifestations
  Superficial Vein Thrombosis 1 (1.9%) 6 (12.7%) 0.01
  Transient Ischemic Attack 4 (7.6%) 7 (14.8%) 0.12
  Livedo 6 (11.5%) 11 (23.4%) 0.06
  Thrombocytopenia 12 (23.0%) 10 (21.2%) 0.41
  Hemolytic Anemia 3 (5.7%) 4 (8.5%) 0.29
  Heart Valve Disease 1 (1.9%) 6 (12.7%) 0.01
  Skin Ulcer 0 4 (8.5%) NA
  aPL-Nephropathy 2 (3.8%) 0 NA
Laboratory parameters
  Lupus Anticoagulant (alone or with other autoantibodies) 35 (67.3%) 42 (89.3%) 0.004
  Triple Positivity 17 (32.6%) 13 (27.6%) 0.29