Table 5. Studies showing the comparison of outcomes in pregnant women with SLE.
* IUD: intrauterine death, † FGR: fetal growth restriction, ‡ LBR: live birth rate, NA: data not available
| Author | Number of participants | Disease control n(%) | Lupus Flare n(%) | Preeclampsia | Preterm | IUD* | †FGR | Heart block | ‡LBR |
| Agarwal et al. 1999 [6] | 15 | 11 (73.3) | 2 (13.3) | 2 (13.3) | 5 (33) | 2 (13.3) | 6 (40) | nil | 10 (69.6%) |
| Gupta A et al. 2005 [7] | 33 | 57.57% | 9 (27.2) | 3 (7.6) | 2 (6.1) | nil | 4 (12.1) | 1 (3) | 15 (45.4) |
| Chandran V et al. 2005 [8] | 52 | 31 (59.6) | 3 (5.7) | 4 (7.8) | NA | 3 (5.7) | NA | 7 (3.8) | 24 (46.1) |
| Agarwal N et al. 2011 [9] | 71 | 71 (100) | nil | 10 (28.5) | 21 (29.5) | 9 (13) | 7 (9.8) | nil | 47 (66) |
| Ravindran V et al. 2016 [10] | 53 | NA | 16 (30) | 1 (12.2) | 9 (18.8) | 2 (3.8) | 9 (18.8) | nil | 44 (85) |
| Present study 2018 | 34 | 22 (64.7) | 3 (8.8) | 6 (17.6) | 12 (35.2) | 5 (14.7) | 9 (26.4) | 2 (5.9) | 22 (64.7) |