Review Article

The Role of Thrombophilia in Pregnancy

Table 1

Risk of VTE in inherited thrombophilia.

ThrombophiliaOR general populationAnnual incidence of first VTE (%)OR in pregnancy (95% CI)

AT deficiency28.21.774.69 (1.30–16.96)
Protein C deficiency24.11.524.76 (2.15–10.57)
Protein S deficiency30.61.903.19 (1.48–6.86)
Factor V Leiden7.50.49Homozygous 34.4 (9.86–120.0)
Heterozygous 8.32 (5.44–12.70)
Prothrombin gene mutation5.20.34Homozygous 26.36 (1.24–559.2)
Heterozygous 6.80 (2.46–19.77)

CI: confidence interval.