Table 3

ORs and 95% CIs for adverse pregnancy outcomes occurring before and after SLE diagnosis compared with controls in an African-American population

	Stillbirth	Spontaneous abortion	Elective abortion	Preterm live birth	Low birth weight	Preeclampsia
Controls	n=5	n=64	n=21	n=29	n=28	n=29
(694 pregnancies)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)	1.00 (reference)
Cases	n=16	n=102	n=22	n=66	n=58	n=45
(all)	4.43	2.20	1.20	2.45	2.62	1.70
(577 pregnancies)	(1.61 to 12.17)*†	(1.58 to 3.08)*	(0.63 to 2.29)†	(1.43 to 4.17)*	(1.52 to 4.52)*	(0.98 to 2.94)
Cases	n=9	n=41	n=8	n=30	n=31	n=28
(before diagnosis)	3.90	1.37	0.83	1.87	2.01	1.80
(337 pregnancies)	(1.30 to 11.76)*†	(0.87 to 2.18)	(0.36 to 1.89)†	(1.07 to 3.28)*	(1.14 to 3.54)*	(1.03 to 3.16)*
Cases	n=5	n=39	n=5	n=26	n=22	n=14
(after diagnosis)	6.15	2.79	1.47	4.70	5.48	2.03
(147 pregnancies)	(1.75 to 21.65)*†	(1.61 to 4.81)*	(0.54 to 3.98)†	(2.42 to 9.13)*	(2.81 to 10.69)*	(0.94 to 4.39)
Cases	n=2	n=22	n=9	n=10	n=5	n=3
(unknown order)	4.02	2.96	4.31	4.62	2.39	1.32
(93 pregnancies)	(0.76 to 21.17)†	(1.59 to 5.48)*	(1.89 to 9.82)*†	(2.10 to 10.16)*†	(0.89 to 6.52)†	(0.38 to 4.50)†

All estimates are adjusted for age, years of education, insurance and pregnancy number.
*p<0.05.
†Unadjusted model.
SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.