IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 51 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog5104093
Open Access Original Research
Risk Factors for Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Yuke Hou1,†Lei Hou1,2,†Ziyi Song3Liang Luo1,4Jiayang Jin1,*Xuewu Zhang1,*Chun Li1,*
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1 Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University People’s Hospital, 100044 Beijing, China
2 Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 550001 Guiyang, Guizhou, China
3 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Peking University People’s Hospital, 100044 Beijing, China
4 Department of Chinese Medicine, Chongqing Yubei People’s Hospital, 400013 Chongqing, China
*Correspondence: Jiayangjin0702@pku.edu.com (Jiayang Jin); xuewulore@163.com (Xuewu Zhang); 13811190098@163.com (Chun Li)
These authors contributed equally.
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2024, 51(4), 93; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog5104093
Submitted: 24 September 2023 | Revised: 1 January 2024 | Accepted: 15 January 2024 | Published: 10 April 2024
Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Pregnancy complications of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) are up to 20–30%. It is of great value to identify well-recognized predictors of adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) in APS. This study aims to explore the risk factors for APOs in patients with obstetric APS. Methods: This study included 142 women with APS delivered at Peking University People’s Hospital from February 2014 to August 2022. APOs included fetal death, neonatal death due to complications related to prematurity, preterm delivery <37 weeks due to placental insufficiency, hypertension, or preeclampsia, and small for gestational age (SGA) <10%. The association between pregnancy outcomes and clinical variables was assessed and the risk factors for APOs were analyzed. Results: APO occurred in 42.7% of pregnancies, including preterm delivery (23.4%), SGA (18.5%), and fetal death (6.5%). Patients in the APO group showed a significantly higher prevalence of underlying autoimmune disease (17% vs. 4.2%, p = 0.017) and lupus anticoagulant (LA) positivity (41.5% vs. 23.9%, p = 0.037) than those without APO. A significantly lower proportion of patients in the APO group were treated with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) (58.5% vs. 76.1%, p = 0.037) and LMWH + low dose aspirin (LDA) (34.0% vs. 54.9%, p = 0.020) than in the non-APO group. Underlying autoimmune disease (odds ratio (OR): 5.147, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.049–25.254, p = 0.043) was a risk factor for APOs and regular outpatient follow-up at the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology (OR: 0.429, 95% CI: 0.190–0.967, p = 0.041) was a protective factor for APOs. Conclusions: Underlying autoimmune disease is a risk factor for APOs and regular outpatient follow-up at the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology could be a protective factor for APOs.

Keywords
adverse pregnancy outcomes
APS
underlying autoimmune disease
regular outpatient follow-up at the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology
Funding
32200734/National Natural Science Foundation of China
2101000418/National Natural Science Foundation of China
7192211/Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality
Z-2018-40-2101/China International Medical Foundation
RDY2021-10/Peking University People’s Hospital Research and Development Funds Project
RDL2022-36/Peking University People’s Hospital Research and Development Funds Project
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