Pregnancy outcomes among Chinese women with and without systemic lupus erythematosus: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To completely and quantifiably determine the effect of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) on pregnancy outcomes in a Chinese cohort.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Data were collected at a tertiary medical centre located in Shanghai, China, from September 2011 to May 2017.

Participants

We assigned 338 pregnant women with SLE to the study cohort and 1014 randomly selected pregnant women without SLE (three for every woman with SLE) to a comparison cohort. The relevant medical records of all pregnant women were retrospectively reviewed. Cases of multiple pregnancy and cases in which an artificial abortion was performed for personal reasons were excluded.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Maternal and fetal outcomes were primary

SUBMITTER: Wu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5905749 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature