Pregnancy outcomes in Korean women with ankylosing spondylitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

Because ankylosing spondylitis (AS) mainly affects sacroiliac joints, special attention should be given to normal labour and pregnancy outcomes. Here, we investigate pregnancy outcomes in Korean women with AS.

Methods

Based on data from the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service claims database since July 2007, maternal complications were compared between women with AS and 1:10 matched general population by maternal age and year of delivery. Additionally, the 27 deliveries from 21 patients with AS who were seen at a tertiary hospital were retrospectively evaluated using 1:4 matched control group by maternal and gestational age.

Results

In the population-based cohort, there were 1,293 deliveries in 996 patients with AS. Higher maternal ag

SUBMITTER: Park EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8137399 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature