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Table 6 Comparison between premature and term delivery

From: Pregnancy outcomes in patients receiving assisted reproductive therapy with systemic lupus erythematosus: a multi-center retrospective study

 

Premature delivery ( n  = 21)

Term delivery ( n  = 39)

P value

Maternal APOs

 Disease flares, n (%)

3 (14.3)

4 (10.3)

0.687

 GDM, n (%)

4 (19.0)

9 (23.1)

1.000

 Preeclampsia, n (%)

4 (19.0)

0 (0)

0.012

 Gestational hypertension, n (%)

1 (4.8)

2 (5.1)

1.000

 Eclampsia, n (%)

1 (4.8)

0 (0)

0.350

Fetal APOs

 LBW, n (%)

17 (81.0)

3 (7.7)

 < 0.001

 VLBW, n (%)

0 (0)

2 (5.1)

0.537

 Fetal distress, n (%)

2 (9.5)

3 (7.7)

1.000

 IUGR, n (%)

2 (9.5)

3 (7.7)

1.000

  1. Abbreviation: APO Adverse pregnancy outcome, ART Assisted reproductive therapy, GDM Gestational diabetes mellitus, IUGR Intrauterine growth retardation, LBW Low-birth-weight, PIH Pregnancy-induced hypertension, VLBW Very-low-birth-weight