Table 5.
Pregnancy outcomes of systemic lupus erythaematosus (SLE) pregnancies with or without proteinuria
| Characteristics | N-group (n=373, %) |
P1-group (n=60, %) |
P2-group (n=46, %) |
P3-group (n=34, %) |
P value |
| Live birth | 348 (93.3)* | 44 (73.3) | 32 (69.5) | 20 (58.8) | <0.01 |
|
Foetal birth weight (g, mean±SD) |
2887.93±495.54* | 2451.76±986.67† | 2392.92±883.68† | 1911.40±935.857* | <0.01 |
|
Duration of pregnancy (days, mean±SD) |
254.62±34.56* | 226.05±58.64† | 221.87±52.84† | 209.18±53.35* | <0.01 |
| APOs | |||||
| Composite foetal APOs | 134 (35.9)* | 40 (66.7)† | 33 (71.7)† | 29 (85.3)* | <0.01 |
| Foetal loss | 26 (6.9)* | 16 (26.7) | 14 (30.4) | 14 (41.2) | <0.01 |
| Premature birth | 83 (83/348, 23.8)‡ | 14 (14/44, 31.8)‡ | 16 (16/32, 50.0)* | 15 (15/20, 75.0)* | <0.01 |
| SGA | 73 (73/348, 20.9)* | 19 (19/44, 43.2)† | 14 (14/32, 43.8)† | 14 (14/20, 70.0)* | <0.01 |
| Asphyxia neonatorum | 6 (6/348, 1.7) | 2 (2/44, 4.5) | 1 (1/32, 3.1) | 2 (2/20, 10.0) | 0.17 |
| HDP | 31 (8.3)* | 21 (35.0)† | 17 (36.9)† | 21 (61.7)* | <0.01 |
*Significantly different from each other group;
†Significantly different from the N and P3 groups;
‡Significantly different from the P2 and P3 groups;
HDP, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; SGA, small for gestational age.