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Table 1 Characteristics of pregnant women

From: Maternal and neonatal outcomes in pregnant women with autoimmune diseases in Pavia, Italy

Mothers, number

70

Age, mean (SD)

33.3 years (5.1)

 Pregnancy, number (%)

  Term delivery (≥37 weeks)

57 (81.4)

  Preterm delivery (<37 weeks)

13 (18.6)

 Mode of delivery, number (%)

  Vaginal delivery

33 (47.1)

  Caesarean section

37 (52.9)

 Autoimmune diagnosed disease, number (%):

  Sjögren’s syndrome (SS)

8 (11.4)

  Systemic lupus erithematosus (SLE)

9 (12.9)

  Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

3 (4.3)

  Antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS)

5 (7.1)

  Undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD)

19 (27.1)

  Othersa

8 (11.4)

  Not clinical manifest diseaseb

18 (25.7)

 Drug therapy during pregnancy, number (%)

37 (52.9)

  1. a n = 1 autoimmune thyroiditis, n = 4 thrombocytopenia, n = 1 thyroiditis and autoimmune gastritis, n = 1 ulcerative colitis, n = 1 Wegener’s granulomatosis. All were ANA positive
  2. bWomen positive to autoantibodies without clinical features of autoimmune disease