Severe Maternal Morbidity During and After Pregnancy Among Veterans With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Rheumatoid Arthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe severe maternal morbidity (SMM) among veterans with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who use Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of VA national administrative data to compare rates of SMM among veterans with and without SLE or RA. Our sample included veterans aged 18 to 45 years who had at least one pregnancy between October 2009 and September 2019 and at least one documented VA primary care visit within the year before pregnancy. International Classification of Diseases, Ninth and Tenth Revision codes were used to identify SLE, RA, and medical and mental health comorbidities within two years before pregnancy. SMM was assessed using Centers for Disease Control and Prev

SUBMITTER: Quinn DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12402700 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature